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

# helix vs claw-code

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

- [helix-editor/helix](https://seerepo.com/r/helix-editor/helix): A post-modern modal text editor.
- [ultraworkers/claw-code](https://seerepo.com/r/ultraworkers/claw-code): An agent-managed museum exhibit, built in Rust with Gajae-Code / LazyCodex — developed and maintained with no human intervention.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, crossterm, log
- Only in helix: termina, pulldown-cmark
- Only in claw-code: axum, rusqlite, SQLite, tracing

## Side by side

| | helix | claw-code |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 108,689 lines written, 215 code files | 136,696 lines written, 164 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Warp, and Crush |
| Activity | Last push September 29, 2026, 7,621 commits, 46,818 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 1,604 commits, 194,964 stars |
| Tests | 80 test files. 2.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 25 test files. 9.1% 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, helix or claw-code?

claw-code, with 136,696 lines written; helix has 108,689.

The proof: [ultraworkers/claw-code's code at commit 51cfca1](https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code/tree/51cfca114cf506a5d7a53ab1bffa8e1bbd3c780d)

### Which has more GitHub stars, helix or claw-code?

claw-code, with 194,964 stars; helix has 46,818.

The proof: [ultraworkers/claw-code on GitHub](https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code)

### Which has more tests, helix or claw-code?

helix, with 80 test files; claw-code has 25.

The proof: [helix-editor/helix's code at commit ba40e54](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/tree/ba40e547426b0f9896c8bdc699a4ab11f2b37dbc)

### Which was updated more recently, helix or claw-code?

claw-code: its last push was on November 2, 2026, and helix's on September 29, 2026.

The proof: [ultraworkers/claw-code's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, helix or claw-code?

claw-code: an AI signed 2% of its commits, with Claude Code, Warp, and Crush.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in ultraworkers/claw-code](https://seerepo.com/r/ultraworkers/claw-code/ai)

## Sources

- helix-editor/helix: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit ba40e54 (https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/tree/ba40e547426b0f9896c8bdc699a4ab11f2b37dbc)
- ultraworkers/claw-code: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 51cfca1 (https://github.com/ultraworkers/claw-code/tree/51cfca114cf506a5d7a53ab1bffa8e1bbd3c780d)

## 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.