# gchp/iota

A terminal-based text editor written in Rust

Repository: https://github.com/gchp/iota
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/iota
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, text-editor
Last push: 2024-05-02T13:06:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4347, "days_push": 853, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1661, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:18.522257+00:00)

## What it is
Iota is a terminal-based text editor written in Rust, aiming to be fast, extensible, and cross-platform. It is in early stages of development and supports basic editing with Vi and Emacs style keybindings.

## Use cases
- edit text files in the terminal
- a lightweight terminal text editor written in Rust
- edit files with vi or emacs style keybindings
- pipe command output into an editor buffer
- try an open-source extensible terminal editor

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, fast terminal-based editor
- you prefer vi or emacs style movement keybindings
- you want to hack on or contribute to an early-stage Rust editor
- you need to edit buffers from stdin in a terminal

## When to avoid
- you need a polished, production-ready editor for daily work
- you need Windows support, which is incomplete
- you need IDE features like LSP, debugging, or plugins
- you want a stable editor built with stable Rust toolchain

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: editor, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, rust
- tags: terminal-editor, rust, vi-keybindings, emacs-keybindings, text-editor, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gchp/iota (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.522257+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 2026-08-30T03:44:37.286206+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gchp/iota (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:18.522257+00:00, sha f91cbadf0103)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.