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coc.nvim
Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.
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NvChad
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
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zed
Code at the speed of thought – Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
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AstroNvim
AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins
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mason.nvim
Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters.
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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better helix alternative or higher similarity.
helix discussion
helix reviews and mentions
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 2025-05-07.
- Helix: What about `Copilot` Support?
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Zed: The Fastest AI Code Editor
The bikeshedding has long past. They've been working on the implementation now for some time.
https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/8675
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OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hours
Lots of vim/emacs mentions so I feel obliged to mention Helix (https://helix-editor.com/). Used neovim for _years_, tried Helix for a few weeks and never looked back
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Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim
I’m not sure. Command based editing opens more doors than just optimizing keystrokes. There are edits I somewhat regularly do with Vim macros that save me minutes of typing and cognitive burden of examining refactor locations. It’s probably not going to be make or break, but I do think it’s significant in a p > 0.05 sense.
I imagine Vim is only just a local optima too. There are newer editors [0] that are more AST aware that I haven’t been able to fairly evaluate yet (not in the boring corp approved software list).
[0]: https://helix-editor.com/
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What do I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60k lines of code?
Likely soon: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/8675#issuecomment...
My initial point was just that it's kind of nice to have something that's usable from the get-go. I don't miss my giant vim config one bit.
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Level Up Your Coding Aesthetics: New Open-Source Helix Themes You’ll Love
If you're using the Helix Editor — the lightning-fast, modal, and fully-native code editor — you probably already appreciate its clean interface and modern features. But let’s be honest: theming matters.
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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025)
Over the past 5 years, I have worked primarily with Rust, Golang, Python and Typescript. I have built and maintained various services and tools, ranging from internal utilities to services used by millions of users. For most of my career I have worked remotely, collaborating across various timezones. I like to work in environments with good engineering culture.
As a fellow hn reader you might be particularly interested in
- Lox Language Interpreters: https://github.com/nkitsaini/lox
- Contribution to uv: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/11738
- Contribution to Helix Editor: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/9660
- Solutions to protohackers: https://github.com/nkitsaini/protohackers_impl
You can find more details in the resume at https://nkit.dev/resume.pdf
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Dear (Rust) Devs: Article Request
Nearly all my developer tools are open-source projects written in Rust (Nushell, Helix, WezTerm, and more).
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Why I'm Writing a Scheme Implementation in 2025 (The Answer Is Async Rust)
The Helix editor, a popular alternative to Vim, is going to implementing it's plugin system in a Scheme-like language. Helix is also written in Rust.
https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/3806#discu...
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File Explorer is merged to Helix editor
https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/pull/12527
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helix-editor/helix is an open source project licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0 which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of helix is Rust.
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