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Helix

Helix is a text editor, available on Windows and Linux: code completion and syntax highlighting.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Helix is a text editor, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: code completion and syntax highlighting.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A post-modern modal text editor.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Language server support” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Helix is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Helix is a terminal-based text editor inspired by Kakoune / Neovim and written in Rust. Vim-like modal editing Multiple selections Built-in language server support Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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