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3 <id>com.helix_editor.Helix</id>
4 <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
5 <project_license>MPL-2.0</project_license>
7 <summary>A post-modern text editor</summary>
11 Helix is a terminal-based text editor inspired by Kakoune / Neovim and written in Rust.
14 <li>Vim-like modal editing</li>
15 <li>Multiple selections</li>
16 <li>Built-in language server support</li>
17 <li>Smart, incremental syntax highlighting and code editing via tree-sitter</li>
21 <launchable type="desktop-id">Helix.desktop</launchable>
24 <screenshot type="default">
25 <caption>Helix with default theme</caption>
26 <image>https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/raw/d4565b4404cabc522bd60822abd374755581d751/screenshot.png</image>
30 <url type="homepage">https://helix-editor.com/</url>
31 <url type="donation">https://opencollective.com/helix-editor</url>
32 <url type="help">https://docs.helix-editor.com/</url>
33 <url type="vcs-browser">https://github.com/helix-editor/helix</url>
34 <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/issues</url>
36 <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
39 <release version="22.12" date="2022-12-6">
40 <url>https://helix-editor.com/news/release-22-12-highlights/</url>
42 <release version="22.08" date="2022-8-31">
43 <url>https://helix-editor.com/news/release-22-08-highlights/</url>
45 <release version="22.05" date="2022-5-28">
46 <url>https://helix-editor.com/news/release-22-05-highlights/</url>
48 <release version="22.03" date="2022-3-28">
49 <url>https://helix-editor.com/news/release-22-03-highlights/</url>
54 <control>keyboard</control>
58 <category>Utility</category>
59 <category>TextEditor</category>
63 <keyword>text</keyword>
64 <keyword>editor</keyword>
65 <keyword>development</keyword>
66 <keyword>programming</keyword>
71 <mediatype>text/english</mediatype>
72 <mediatype>text/plain</mediatype>
73 <mediatype>text/x-makefile</mediatype>
74 <mediatype>text/x-c++hdr</mediatype>
75 <mediatype>text/x-c++src</mediatype>
76 <mediatype>text/x-chdr</mediatype>
77 <mediatype>text/x-csrc</mediatype>
78 <mediatype>text/x-java</mediatype>
79 <mediatype>text/x-moc</mediatype>
80 <mediatype>text/x-pascal</mediatype>
81 <mediatype>text/x-tcl</mediatype>
82 <mediatype>text/x-tex</mediatype>
83 <mediatype>application/x-shellscript</mediatype>
84 <mediatype>text/x-c</mediatype>
85 <mediatype>text/x-c++</mediatype>
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