lite-xl VS helix

Compare lite-xl vs helix and see what are their differences.

lite-xl

A lightweight text editor written in Lua (by franko)

helix

A post-modern modal text editor. (by helix-editor)
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lite-xl helix
54 404
4,306 29,074
2.6% 4.3%
8.8 9.9
2 days ago about 14 hours ago
Lua Rust
MIT License Mozilla Public License 2.0
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lite-xl

Posts with mentions or reviews of lite-xl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-02.

helix

Posts with mentions or reviews of helix. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lite-xl and helix you can also consider the following projects:

kakoune - mawww's experiment for a better code editor

lapce - Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

micro-editor - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor

xi-editor - A modern editor with a backend written in Rust.

lite - A lightweight text editor written in Lua

copilot.vim - Neovim plugin for GitHub Copilot

rust-tools.nvim - Tools for better development in rust using neovim's builtin lsp

telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua

sublime_text - Issue tracker for Sublime Text