# AuroraEditor/AuroraEditor

Aurora Editor is a IDE built by the community, for the community, and written in Swift for the best native performance and feel for macOS.

Repository: https://github.com/AuroraEditor/AuroraEditor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/auroraeditor
Homepage: https://auroraeditor.com
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: aurora, cocoa, editor, ide, macos, swift, swiftui, texteditor, auroraeditor, hacktoberfest, aeide, aurora-editor, code, editors, node, objective-c, programming, tool
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-08-26T18:58:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 38, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1525, "days_push": 372, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1336, forks 98 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.530497+00:00)

## What it is
Aurora Editor is a community-built, native macOS IDE written in Swift/SwiftUI, offering Xcode-like development with multi-language support and Git integration. The project has been officially sunset and is no longer maintained, though the code remains available for forking.

## Use cases
- native macOS code editor alternative to Electron-based IDEs
- lightweight IDE with low RAM usage on Mac
- Xcode-like editor with multi-language support
- Swift-based IDE with Git integration
- forkable open-source IDE codebase for macOS

## When to choose
- you want a native, fast macOS IDE and are willing to fork or accept no updates
- you want to study or build upon an open-source Swift/SwiftUI IDE codebase

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained editor with regular updates and bug fixes
- you need cross-platform support (it is macOS-only)
- you want a production IDE without risk of unpatched issues

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: ide, swiftui, native-macos, code-editor, sunset, git-integration, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- AuroraEditor/AuroraEditor (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.530497+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:44:05.952554+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AuroraEditor/AuroraEditor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.530497+00:00, sha a9276091b701)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.