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Description: helix is a Rust repo built with Tokio. It makes its content with pulldown-cmark and deploys with log. It has 108,689 written lines, with 80 test files.

# What is helix built with?

helix is a Rust repo built with Tokio. It makes its content with pulldown-cmark and deploys with log. It has 108,689 written lines, with 80 test files.

Read on November 6, 2026, at commit ba40e54.

Repository: https://github.com/helix-editor/helix

## Frontend

### Interface

- **termina**: 8 files
- **[crossterm](https://seerepo.com/uses/crossterm)**: 5 files

## Support

### The base

- **[Tokio](https://seerepo.com/uses/tokio)**: 39 files

### Content

- **[pulldown-cmark](https://seerepo.com/uses/pulldown-cmark)**: 1 file

### Deploy

- **[log](https://seerepo.com/uses/log)**: 53 files

### Tools

- **cc**: 1 file

### Other

- **which**
- **serde**: 56 files
- **ropey**: 45 files
- **anyhow**: 40 files
- **serde_json**: 24 files
- **arc-swap**: 19 files
- **futures-util**: 16 files
- **unicode-width**: 15 files
- **futures-executor**: 13 files
- **unicode-segmentation**: 13 files
- **parking_lot**: 10 files
- **smallvec**: 8 files
- **toml**: 7 files
- **globset**: 6 files
- **imara-diff**: 6 files
- **tokio-stream**: 6 files
- **bitflags**: 5 files
- **encoding_rs**: 5 files
- **foldhash**: 5 files
- **libc**: 5 files
- **slotmap**: 5 files
- **thiserror**: 5 files
- **ignore**: 4 files
- **regex**: 4 files
- **tempfile**: 4 files
- **etcetera**: 3 files
- **nucleo**: 3 files
- **dunce**: 2 files
- **hashbrown**: 2 files
- **indexmap**: 2 files
- **signal-hook**: 2 files
- **smartstring**: 2 files
- **unicode-general-category**: 2 files
- **arrayvec**: 1 file
- **chardetng**: 1 file
- **chrono**: 1 file
- **dashmap**: 1 file
- **gix**: 1 file
- **open**: 1 file
- **percent-encoding**: 1 file
- **regex-automata**: 1 file
- **rustix**: 1 file
- **sha2**: 1 file
- **textwrap**: 1 file
- **windows-sys**: 1 file

## Other repos with a similar stack

- [openai/codex](https://seerepo.com/r/openai/codex/built): Tokio, crossterm, pulldown-cmark, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/helix-editor/helix/vs/openai/codex)
- [openinterpreter/openinterpreter](https://seerepo.com/r/openinterpreter/openinterpreter/built): Tokio, crossterm, pulldown-cmark, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/helix-editor/helix/vs/openinterpreter/openinterpreter)
- [ultraworkers/claw-code](https://seerepo.com/r/ultraworkers/claw-code/built): Tokio, crossterm, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/helix-editor/helix/vs/ultraworkers/claw-code)
- [denoland/deno](https://seerepo.com/r/denoland/deno/built): Tokio, crossterm, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/denoland/deno/vs/helix-editor/helix)
- [zed-industries/zed](https://seerepo.com/r/zed-industries/zed/built): Tokio, pulldown-cmark, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/helix-editor/helix/vs/zed-industries/zed)
- [AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy](https://seerepo.com/r/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/built): Tokio, pulldown-cmark, log · [Compare](https://seerepo.com/compare/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/vs/helix-editor/helix)

## Frequently asked questions

### What language is helix written in?

helix is written in Rust, with 108,689 written lines.

### What framework does helix use?

helix is built with Tokio.

### Does helix have tests?

Yes. helix has 80 test files.

### Which repos have a stack like helix's?

The ones that share most of its stack: openai/codex, openinterpreter/openinterpreter, and ultraworkers/claw-code.

## 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.