haystackeditor/haystack-editor

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1284 stars · 52 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Haystack Editor is a source-available code editor built as a VS Code-style distribution that adds a canvas UI for visualizing and navigating code spatially. It offers standard code editing, debugging, and extensibility, with weekly updates for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Use cases

• visualize codebase structure on an infinite canvas
• edit code with a spatial canvas UI
• navigate large codebases at a glance
• debug code with a lightweight editor
• extend the editor with plugins

When to choose

• you want a VS Code-like editor with a canvas view of your code
• you prefer spatial/visual code navigation over file trees
• you need a cross-platform desktop code editor with extensibility

When to avoid

• you need an OSI-approved open-source license (it uses PolyForm Strict)
• you want a fully open-source VS Code fork like VSCodium
• you rely on extensions incompatible with the fork

Facets

application · maturity active

editor developer-tools gui plugin-system developer-tools text-editors web-development windows code-editor canvas-ui vscode-fork source-available polyform-strict-license macos linux desktop typescript

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