The next open source editor is here

Why are you linking to a site for comparing GitHub stars? I would hope that folks here would be more convinced by merit than star-measuring contests.

https://helix-editor.com/ for anyone that’s curious.

I started using vim 9 years ago. I started using neovim 4 years ago. I have a complex neovim setup based on lunarvim that I was used to maintain. Then, I discovered Helix. One file, 50 lines. Stop. LSP, fuzzy finder, debugger, tree-sitter, custom commands, modal editing, external scripts. Everything.

It only lacks snippets (support planned in a while) and a plugin system. It doesn't have copilot/codeium for now, but I use GPT models via shell command (e.g. shell_gpt).

Look at the release page to understand how fast they are developing it. In one year it became something completely different, from being barely usable to be a complete, fast, and easy to configure editor. Raedy to go with 50 lines of toml configuration.

Helix has the second most growing community among open source editors on GitHub. Just look at this image. Impressive.