App blueprint · 14 Oct 2026

helix-editor/helix

A post-modern modal text editor.

Template-written 20 evidence items MPL-2.0REA + LIEF read 1 executable466 source files scanned

What this means for you

helix has no known tracking or crash-reporting libraries, and its code names 6 outside services.E1 E6 E10 E12

It's open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 licence, so anyone can read and check its code.E2
No tracking SDKs found: None of its dependencies is a known analytics, telemetry or crash-reporting library.E1
Internet access: It contains code to connect to the internet.E17
Starts other programs: It can start other programs on your computer, for example to open files or links.E18
We opened the official download (hx) without running it: 7 web addresses built in.E16 E20

What it is

The project describes itself as: “A post-modern modal text editor.”E1
It's written mainly in Rust (files: toml, rs, js, xml).E1
The latest release (25.07.1) has downloads for Linux, Windows and macOS.E4
46576 people starred it on GitHub; the code was last updated 2026-09-29.E3

Where your data goes

Not identifiedServices we don't have in our list yet. 6

github.com	not identified	244×E6 E10
gitlab.com	not identified	6×E12
git.sr.ht	not identified	3×E14
encoding.spec.whatwg.org	not identified	2×E8 E15
codeberg.org	not identified	1×E13
json5.org	not identified	1×E11

What it can do on your computer

No tracking SDKs found

None of its dependencies is a known analytics, telemetry or crash-reporting library. Signals: dependency scan.E1

dependency scan

Internet access

It contains code to connect to the internet. Signals: connect, recv, send and socket.E17

connectrecvsendsocket

Starts other programs

It can start other programs on your computer, for example to open files or links. Signals: execvp, fork and posix_spawnp.E18

execvpforkposix_spawnp

Loads extra code

It can load code libraries while running (often graphics drivers, plugins or scripts). Signals: dlopen.E19

dlopen

Opens links

Opens web links in your normal browser. Signals: opens links in your browser.E5

opens links in your browser

What it's built from

Libraries in its dependency files that tell you something about what it does. The many ordinary ones are left out.

Library	What it's for	Declared in
openE5	opens links in your browser	helix-term/Cargo.toml:79

The app you download

We downloaded helix-25.07.1-x86_64-linux.tar.xz (16.6 MB) from the project's latest release and read it without running it.

hx

Format: ELF · 19.0 MB
Libraries: 3: libc.so.6, libgcc_s.so.1, libm.so.6
Network: connect, recv, send, socket
Starts programs: execvp, fork, posix_spawnp
Loads code: dlopen
Web addresses: 7: docs.helix-editor.com, github.com, json5.org, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, git.sr.ht, encoding.spec.whatwg.org

E16 E17 E18 E19 E20

The latest release (25.07.1) has downloads for Linux, Windows, macOS.

Evidence

Every sentence above points to one of these. Code references show the file, line:column and the short identifier that matched, never the site's code itself.

Repository: helix-editor/helix

A post-modern modal text editor.

GitHub description · https://github.com/helix-editor/helix

Licence: Mozilla Public License 2.0

GitHub license · https://github.com/helix-editor/helix

46576 stars, last push 2026-09-29

GitHub activity · https://github.com/helix-editor/helix

Latest release 25.07.1 (2025-07-18) with 9 files

GitHub release · https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/releases/tag/25.07.1

Depends on open (opens links in your browser)

helix-term/Cargo.toml @ 79:None · “open” · manifest scan

Web address in source: github.com/helix-editor/helix

Cargo.toml @ 71:15 · “github.com/helix-editor/helix” · source scan

Web address in source: helix-editor.com

Cargo.toml @ 72:13 · “helix-editor.com” · source scan

Web address in source: encoding.spec.whatwg.org

helix-term/src/commands/typed.rs @ 3580:39 · “encoding.spec.whatwg.org” · source scan

Web address inside the released app: docs.helix-editor.com/master/languages.html

hx @ byte 0xef529c · “docs.helix-editor.com/master/languages.html” · string scan

E10

Web address inside the released app: github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-rust

hx @ byte 0xef894e · “github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-rust” · string scan

E11

Web address inside the released app: json5.org

hx @ byte 0xefa238 · “json5.org” · string scan

E12

Web address inside the released app: gitlab.com/TheZoq2/tree-sitter-lpf

hx @ byte 0xefeca0 · “gitlab.com/TheZoq2/tree-sitter-lpf” · string scan

E13

Web address inside the released app: codeberg.org/foxy/tree-sitter-prolog

hx @ byte 0xf00ece · “codeberg.org/foxy/tree-sitter-prolog” · string scan

E14

Web address inside the released app: git.sr.ht/~ecs/tree-sitter-hare

hx @ byte 0xf0664f · “git.sr.ht/~ecs/tree-sitter-hare” · string scan

E15

Web address inside the released app: encoding.spec.whatwg.org

hx @ byte 0xf1f158 · “encoding.spec.whatwg.org” · string scan

E16

REA identified hx as elf (sha256 18b6db41236f…)

hx · “18b6db41236f1b97” · REA inspect-artifact

E17

hx imports network functions: connect, recv, send, socket

hx · “connect, recv, send, socket” · LIEF import table

E18

hx imports functions that start other programs: execvp, fork, posix_spawnp

hx · “execvp, fork, posix_spawnp” · LIEF import table

E19

hx can load code libraries at runtime (dlopen)

hx · “dlopen” · LIEF import table

E20

hx links 3 system libraries

hx · “libc.so.6, libgcc_s.so.1, libm.so.6” · LIEF

Limits

We read the app's code and its official download without running it. Code that exists may never run for you, and behaviour decided by servers is invisible.
Web addresses and libraries show what the app can talk to or do, not that it does so every time you use it.
Only open-source apps with a public GitHub repository are analysed. The release we inspected may differ from builds in app stores.
This text was written from fixed templates because no AI writer was available. It uses exactly the same evidence.

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