# focus-editor/focus

A simple and fast text editor

Repository: https://github.com/focus-editor/focus
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/focus
Language: Jai
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-19T18:20:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 16, longevity 87
- inputs: {"age_days": 1230, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 553, "gap_med": 164, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2678, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.909567+00:00)

## What it is
Focus is a simple, fast text editor written in the Jai programming language, designed to minimize input latency and stay out of the user's way. It is currently in beta and targets 64-bit Windows, macOS, and Linux (the latter two works-in-progress).

## Use cases
- edit text files with minimal input latency
- a lightweight alternative to VSCode for simple editing
- write code without heavy language tooling
- a distraction-free editor that gets out of the way
- try an editor built in the Jai language

## When to choose
- you value simplicity and low latency over IDE features
- you edit small-to-medium files and don't need LSP/language support
- you're on 64-bit Windows or macOS

## When to avoid
- you need heavy language support like LSP, refactoring, or debugging
- you edit very large files (100K+ LOC or up to 2GB)
- you need full Unicode support (multi-codepoint symbols unsupported)
- you need a fully stable, mature editor

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: editor
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows
- tags: text-editor, low-latency, jai, minimalist, beta, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- focus-editor/focus (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.909567+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 2026-08-30T02:17:58.549940+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/focus-editor/focus (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.909567+00:00, sha 41085d450556)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.