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jeffcarp · Jan 12, 2026

Thoughts on Helix

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 I’ve been a die-hard vim user for 12 years. But recently, inspired by posts
from Julia
Evans 
and Felix Knorr ,
I have been trying out Helix –a relatively new
terminal-based editor written in Rust–and I’ve been pleasantly
surprised by the experience. 
 Things I like 
 It’s snappy! Even though some of the command flows have…

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I’ve been a die-hard vim user for 12 years. But recently, inspired by posts from Julia Evans and Felix Knorr, I have been trying out Helix–a relatively new terminal-based editor written in Rust–and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the experience.

Things I like

It’s snappy! Even though some of the command flows have changed, I can still get around the editor using my old vim muscle memory.

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