# haystackeditor/haystack-editor

Repository: https://github.com/haystackeditor/haystack-editor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/haystack-editor
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-02-17T15:32:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 25/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 7, release rhythm 35, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 709, "days_push": 562, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1284, forks 52 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.511580+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools, gui, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-development
- platform: windows
- tags: code-editor, canvas-ui, vscode-fork, source-available, polyform-strict-license, macos, linux, desktop, typescript

## Member repositories
- haystackeditor/haystack-editor (main) score 25

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.511580+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 2026-08-30T04:56:44.380331+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/haystackeditor/haystack-editor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.511580+00:00, sha 8d194cc08199)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.