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helix-editor/helix

A post-modern modal text editor.

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How fast helix-editor/helix is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 5 – Nov 4, 2026

Stars +701 in 61 days

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Forks +375 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 5 in 61 days

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Trendshift Trendingwhere the repository ranked each day it made the top 25

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
DayStars gainedForks gainedMerged PRs
Sat, Sep 5, 2026+9+10
Sun, Sep 6, 2026+14+50
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+17+40
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+19+30
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+14+30
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+16+50
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+13+40
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+13+10
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+10+20
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+16+20
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+12+50
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+10+10
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+13+50
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+11+60
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+7+80
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+8+10
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+9+30
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+8+20
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+11+50
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+14+20
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+9+30
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+13+20
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+14+40
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+10+20
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+9+55
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+21+40
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+17+90
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+17+110
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+15+10
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+11+10
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+14+30
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+12+30
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+14+30
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+15+40
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+7+20
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+12+40
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+15+40
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+11+50
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+13+30
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+15+60
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+11+20
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+18+40
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+9+50
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+5+100
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+5+150
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+15+70
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+9+80
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+0+90
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+3+50
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+12+70
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+10+120
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+14+160
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+5+220
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+8+180
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+12+230
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+12+130
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+15+170
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+8+240
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+12+60
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+4+50
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+6+00
Total+701+3755
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    • GitHub trending history

    Where the repository ranked on GitHub Trending, one dot for each day it was on a list

    Oct 27, 2023 – Jul 17, 2025Best #8

    #1#5#10#15#20#25
    Top 10
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    Mentions and achievements

    Where people are talking about helix-editor/helix, and every badge it has earned
    1. Oct 301 post

      • HOLY F*CK, Terminal studio in 20 repos 20 open-source tools for Opus 5.5. Shell. Edit. Search. Git. System. Build. 01 Ghostty → GPU-native terminal 02 WezTerm → Lua-scripted terminal 03 Zellij →…

        Read full on X, posted by @0xTrackmind

        @0xTrackmind · x.com

    2. 13 days earlier
    3. Oct 171 post

      • 终端里写代码，也能用上智能补全。⌨️ Helix 是模态代码编辑器，内置语法解析与 LSP 支持。 适合喜欢键盘操作的开发者。⚡ #CodeEditor #Terminal #浇朋友 #蓝朋友 #互关 #fo

        Read full on X, posted by @T1doo_AI

        @T1doo_AI · x.com

    4. Oct 141 post

      • I've made a new extension to Helix editor that allows you to edit your entire codebase on a continuous multi-column surface. It's inspired by Emacs "follow mode", and it looks like in screenshot,…

        Read full on X, posted by @berliangor

        @berliangor · x.com

    5. 10 days earlier
    6. Oct 41 post

      • Helix: a modal text editor that might actually pull you away from Neovim (46k stars)

        Read full on Reddit

        r/BestGitHubRepos

    7. Sep 291 post

      • It's alive!

        Read full on Reddit

        r/HelixEditor

    8. Sep 281 post

      • helix-editor/helix: A high-signal open-source developer tool engineered to eliminate workflow friction and replace costly proprietary services.

        Read full on X, posted by @RepoLogs

        @RepoLogs · x.com

    9. Sep 271 post

      • Did Helix's architecture torpedo its development?

        Read full on Reddit

        r/HelixEditor

    10. Sep 251 post

      • Mitos - personal helix fork with bunch new features

        Read full on Reddit

        r/HelixEditor

    11. 9 days earlier
    12. Sep 161 post

      • Is the Helix project abandonned?

        Read full on Reddit

        r/HelixEditor

    13. 16 days earlier
    14. Aug 311 post

      • • Vim-like modal editing with multiple selections • Built-in language server support for code intelligence • Smart, incremental syntax highlighting via tree-sitter

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

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