A post-modern modal text editor. https://helix-editor.com
  • Rust 76.8%
  • Tree-sitter-Query 22.2%
  • Handlebars 0.4%
  • Nix 0.2%
  • CSS 0.2%
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2026-06-29 11:46:57 +09:00
.cargo Add hook/event system 2024-01-23 11:20:19 +09:00
.github build(deps): bump dtolnay/rust-toolchain (#15925) 2026-06-24 15:06:29 +09:00
book book: Document some common code actions on save 2026-06-24 15:02:43 +09:00
contrib feat(contrib): add completions for --strict (#15830) 2026-06-23 16:17:17 +09:00
docs docs: fix contributing wording (#15452) 2026-03-24 09:33:24 +09:00
helix-core Add Code actions on save (#14481) 2026-06-21 12:28:32 -04:00
helix-dap deps: Drop fern for a custom logging facade impl 2026-06-09 15:57:58 +09:00
helix-dap-types dap: handle progress events (#15449) 2026-05-25 17:52:51 -05:00
helix-event build(deps): bump hashbrown from 0.16.1 to 0.17.0 (#15639) 2026-04-15 11:44:27 +09:00
helix-loader workspace trust: v2 (#15857) 2026-06-20 19:41:46 +09:00
helix-lsp fix(lsp): break shutdown deadlock and use fire-and-forget exit (#15553) 2026-06-20 14:38:42 +09:00
helix-lsp-types Swap url::Url for a lazy RFC3986 string wrapper (#11889) 2026-06-08 23:38:35 +09:00
helix-parsec fix(clippy): clippy 1.83 lints (#12150) 2024-12-02 08:23:32 -06:00
helix-stdx stdx: Add must_use and inline attributes to regex and grapheme helpers 2026-06-14 15:59:59 +09:00
helix-term Fix ⚠ indicator not showing if LSPs would start (#15909) 2026-06-29 11:46:57 +09:00
helix-tui tui: Adjust rendering to avoid flushing and render each frame atomically 2026-06-22 17:16:23 +09:00
helix-vcs workspace trust: v2 (#15857) 2026-06-20 19:41:46 +09:00
helix-view Fix ⚠ indicator not showing if LSPs would start (#15909) 2026-06-29 11:46:57 +09:00
runtime Improve indents (more corpus, more queries) 2026-06-20 14:42:38 +09:00
tests Add highlight corpus 2026-06-20 14:49:53 +09:00
xtask Resolve lints 2026-06-20 18:28:13 +09:00
.envrc direnv: Watch changes to default.nix 2025-03-04 11:31:54 -05:00
.gitattributes gitattributes: Mark highlight/indent corpuses as documentation 2026-06-20 12:10:04 -04:00
.gitignore fix: added .DS_Store to gitignore 2024-11-20 16:18:42 -06:00
base16_theme.toml base16_default: add styles to newer unthemed features (#10858) 2024-06-23 10:07:13 +09:00
Cargo.lock build(deps): bump the rust-dependencies group across 1 directory with 9 updates (#15927) 2026-06-24 13:40:28 +09:00
Cargo.toml word index: Fix out-of-order changeset applications with ghost txs 2026-06-14 15:59:59 +09:00
CHANGELOG.md Add release notes for 25.07.1 2025-07-18 10:39:27 -04:00
default.nix fix: add runtimeDir as propagated build input (#14247) 2025-08-16 10:51:17 -04:00
flake.lock Update flake.lock 2026-04-05 09:09:47 -04:00
flake.nix flake: Revert mold->lld 2026-06-09 09:35:53 -04:00
grammars.nix fix(nix): fix ill-defined escape warning in grammars.nix (#15370) 2026-03-03 10:06:33 -05:00
languages.toml lang: go: Enable source.organizeImports 2026-06-24 15:02:42 +09:00
LICENSE Add the LICENSE file. 2021-05-11 01:44:00 +09:00
logo.svg Reduce logo sizes even more (#9211) 2024-01-02 23:16:37 +01:00
logo_dark.svg Reduce logo sizes even more (#9211) 2024-01-02 23:16:37 +01:00
logo_light.svg Reduce logo sizes even more (#9211) 2024-01-02 23:16:37 +01:00
README.md Remove skulpin mention from README.md (#15029) 2025-12-27 17:25:57 -05:00
rust-toolchain.toml chore(msrv): bump from 1.87 to 1.90 (#15537) 2026-04-05 13:48:52 +09:00
rustfmt.toml Add rustfmt.toml to force formatting to use rustfmt defaults 2021-07-23 18:11:22 +09:00
screenshot.png update screenshot (#1879) 2022-03-30 00:16:57 +09:00
shell.nix build(nix): update flake deps, add default.nix file 2022-06-21 17:39:30 -05:00
theme.toml Allow theming directory prompt completions (#12205) 2024-12-17 21:13:42 -06:00

Helix

Build status GitHub Release Documentation GitHub contributors Matrix Space

Screenshot

A Kakoune / Neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.

The editing model is very heavily based on Kakoune; during development I found myself agreeing with most of Kakoune's design decisions.

For more information, see the website or documentation.

All shortcuts/keymaps can be found in the documentation on the website.

Troubleshooting

Features

  • Vim-like modal editing
  • Multiple selections
  • Built-in language server support
  • Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter

Although it's primarily a terminal-based editor, I am interested in exploring a custom renderer (similar to Emacs) using wgpu.

Note: Only certain languages have indentation definitions at the moment. Check runtime/queries/<lang>/ for indents.scm.

Installation

Installation documentation.

Packaging status

Contributing

Contributing guidelines can be found here.

Getting help

Your question might already be answered on the FAQ.

Discuss the project on the community Matrix Space (make sure to join #helix-editor:matrix.org if you're on a client that doesn't support Matrix Spaces yet).

Credits

Thanks to @jakenvac for designing the logo!