A post-modern modal text editor. https://helix-editor.com
  • Rust 78%
  • Tree-sitter-Query 21.2%
  • Handlebars 0.3%
  • Nix 0.2%
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.cargo Add hook/event system 2024-01-23 11:20:19 +09:00
.github build(deps): bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 (#14975) 2025-12-15 18:28:13 -06:00
book tags(rst): use @definition.section in new tag queries 2026-01-26 11:19:13 -05:00
contrib feat: add language filtering to hx --health (#13484) 2025-07-26 15:38:25 -04:00
docs docs: Add architecture notes for stdx and event crates 2025-07-26 16:38:58 -04:00
helix-core Fix clippy lints for more recent Rust versions in tests 2026-01-25 13:59:06 -05:00
helix-dap Fix dap request serialization and potential gutter underflow (#15017) 2026-01-09 16:27:58 +09:00
helix-dap-types Fix dap request serialization and potential gutter underflow (#15017) 2026-01-09 16:27:58 +09:00
helix-event build(deps): bump the rust-dependencies group with 2 updates (#14373) 2025-09-03 08:16:33 -05:00
helix-loader Use dylib extension for the tree-sitter grammars on macos (#14982) 2025-12-27 13:40:35 -05:00
helix-lsp Support LSP workspace/showMessageRequest 2026-01-25 12:29:02 -05:00
helix-lsp-types build(deps): bump serde_json in the rust-dependencies group (#15084) 2026-01-07 13:01:54 -06:00
helix-parsec fix(clippy): clippy 1.83 lints (#12150) 2024-12-02 08:23:32 -06:00
helix-stdx Allow access to arbitrary files if CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE is set on Linux (#15024) 2025-12-27 12:32:15 -05:00
helix-term add a new Section TagKind 2026-01-26 11:19:13 -05:00
helix-tui Fix bold to dimmed transition in termina backend (#14986) 2025-12-17 11:35:42 -05:00
helix-vcs build(deps): bump gix from 0.76.0 to 0.77.0 (#15075) 2026-01-06 08:53:08 -06:00
helix-view Fix clippy lints for more recent Rust versions in tests 2026-01-25 13:59:06 -05:00
runtime queries(rust): hightlight sql in sqlx functions and AssertSqlSafe (#15190) 2026-01-26 11:56:05 -06:00
xtask Rainbow tree-sitter matches 🌈 (#13530) 2025-07-26 18:02:29 -04:00
.envrc direnv: Watch changes to default.nix 2025-03-04 11:31:54 -05:00
.gitattributes Help Linguist identify Tree-sitter queries (#13436) 2025-04-29 08:28:20 -05:00
.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 with 3 updates (#15156) 2026-01-19 21:08:10 -05:00
Cargo.toml build(deps): bump the rust-dependencies group with 3 updates (#15073) 2026-01-06 08:52:30 -06:00
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 nix: Update flake lock 2025-10-06 10:00:08 -04:00
flake.nix flake: Remove darwin CoreFoundation dev-shell input 2025-10-18 20:09:29 -04:00
grammars.nix Use dylib extension for the tree-sitter grammars on macos (#14982) 2025-12-27 13:40:35 -05:00
languages.toml Support LSP workspace/showMessageRequest 2026-01-25 12:29:02 -05:00
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 1.76 to 1.82 (#13275) 2025-04-28 09:48:54 -05:00
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!