Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/helix-editor/helix
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/helix-editor/helix.md
Description: deno and helix share 3 technologies: Tokio, crossterm, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# deno vs helix

deno and helix share 3 technologies: Tokio, crossterm, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [denoland/deno](https://seerepo.com/r/denoland/deno): A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
- [helix-editor/helix](https://seerepo.com/r/helix-editor/helix): A post-modern modal text editor.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, crossterm, log
- Only in deno: React, rusqlite, SQLite, tower, wgpu, ed25519-dalek, hmac, keyring, argon2, hkdf, image, zip, plist, tracing, opentelemetry, tracing-opentelemetry, env_logger, tracing-subscriber
- Only in helix: termina, pulldown-cmark

## Side by side

| | deno | helix |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,217,015 lines written, 1,355 code files | 108,689 lines written, 215 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.4% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push October 29, 2026, 17,392 commits, 108,801 stars | Last push September 29, 2026, 7,621 commits, 46,818 stars |
| Tests | 4,394 test files. 6.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 80 test files. 2.3% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, deno or helix?

deno, with 1,217,015 lines written; helix has 108,689.

The proof: [denoland/deno's code at commit e7b39eb](https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)

### Which has more GitHub stars, deno or helix?

deno, with 108,801 stars; helix has 46,818.

The proof: [denoland/deno on GitHub](https://github.com/denoland/deno)

### Which has more tests, deno or helix?

deno, with 4,394 test files; helix has 80.

The proof: [denoland/deno's code at commit e7b39eb](https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)

### Which was updated more recently, deno or helix?

deno: its last push was on October 29, 2026, and helix's on September 29, 2026.

The proof: [denoland/deno's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/denoland/deno/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, deno or helix?

deno: an AI signed 2.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in denoland/deno](https://seerepo.com/r/denoland/deno/ai)

## Sources

- denoland/deno: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit e7b39eb (https://github.com/denoland/deno/tree/e7b39ebd55c85aaf6a29290c1f5a99e2e21e09dd)
- helix-editor/helix: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit ba40e54 (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/tree/ba40e547426b0f9896c8bdc699a4ab11f2b37dbc)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.