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# Helix
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[](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/actions)
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A kakoune / neovim inspired editor, written in Rust.
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The editing model is very heavily based on kakoune; during development I found
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myself agreeing with most of kakoune's design decisions.
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For more information, see the [website](https://helix-editor.com).
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# Features
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- Vim-like modal editing
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- Multiple selections
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- Built-in language server support
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- Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter
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It's a terminal-based editor first, but I'd like to explore a custom renderer
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(similar to emacs) in wgpu or skulpin.
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# Installation
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Note: Only Rust and Golang have indentation definitions at the moment.
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We provide packaging for various distributions, but here's a quick method to
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build from source.
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```
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git clone --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules -j8 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
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cd helix
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cargo install --path helix-term
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```
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This will install the `hx` binary to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`.
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Now copy the `runtime/` directory somewhere. Helix will by default look for the
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runtime inside the same folder as the executable, but that can be overriden via
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the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable.
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# Contributing
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Contributors are very welcome! **No contribution is too small and all contributions are valued.**
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Some suggestions to get started:
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- You can look at the [good first issue](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/labels/good%20first%20issue) label on the issue tracker.
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- Help with packaging on various distributions needed!
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- If your preferred language is missing, integrating a tree-sitter grammar for
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it and defining syntax highlight queries for it is straight forward and
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doesn't require much knowledge of the internals.
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We provide an [architecture.md](./docs/architecture.md) that should give you
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a good overview of the internals.
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# Getting help
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Discuss the project on the community [Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#helix-editor:matrix.org).
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