Helix: A post-modern text editor
9 hours ago
- #programming
- #text-editor
- #development
- Multiple selections and cursors as a core editing primitive, inspired by Kakoune.
- Tree-sitter integration for better syntax highlighting, indent calculation, and code navigation.
- Powerful code manipulation with syntax tree node selection.
- Language server support for IDE features without additional configuration.
- Built in Rust for terminal use, avoiding Electron and JavaScript.
- Modern builtin features like fuzzy finder, project-wide search, and beautiful themes.
- Post-modern joke reference, differentiating from Neovim and Vim.
- Plans for a WebGPU-based GUI frontend and eventual plugin system.
- Differences from Kakoune include more built-in features and tree-sitter usage.
- Differences from Vim include a smaller codebase and modern defaults.
- Support options include GitHub, Matrix, and OpenCollective.