ilai-deutel/kibi
A text editor in ≤1024 lines of code, written in Rust observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 68
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 21
- age_days: 2396
- days_rel: 213
- days_push: 24
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
1936 stars · 113 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Kibi is a terminal-based text editor written in Rust that fits in at most 1024 lines of code. It supports syntax highlighting, search, and UTF-8, and runs on Linux, macOS, Windows 10, and WASI.
Use cases
- edit files in the terminal
- a tiny text editor with syntax highlighting
- learn how a text editor works by reading its source
- a minimal vi/nano alternative in Rust
- edit text over ssh in a console
When to choose
- you want a small, readable terminal editor codebase to study or hack on
- you need a lightweight editor with syntax highlighting and search
- you want a minimal editor with few dependencies
When to avoid
- you need a full-featured editor like vim or emacs
- you need a GUI editor
- you need extensibility via plugins or scripting
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
editor text-editors developer-tools windows cli cross-platform terminal-ui tui rust syntax-highlighting utf-8 minimalist 1024-lines command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ilai-deutel/kibi · fetched 2026-08-28 · c1b0e5cd1af5
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/kibi · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8e06de8efb25
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ilai-deutel/kibi | main | 87 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="ilai-deutel/kibi")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem