zee-editor/zee
A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
34/100
- Activity 5
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: n/a
- age_days: 2477
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 573
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1800 stars · 55 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Zee is a modern terminal-based text editor written in Rust, inspired by Emacs. It uses Tree-sitter for incremental syntax parsing and highlighting, a rope data structure for fast buffer editing, and performs rendering and IO asynchronously.
Use cases
- edit code in the terminal with fast syntax highlighting
- a modern Emacs-like editor written in Rust
- edit large files with millions of lines smoothly
- multi-buffer multi-pane terminal editing
- fuzzy file search and file picking while editing
- on-the-fly syntax validation while coding
When to choose
- you want a fast, modern terminal editor with Tree-sitter highlighting
- you like Emacs-style editing but want a Rust implementation
- you need to edit very large source files in the terminal
When to avoid
- you need a fully stable, feature-complete editor like Vim, Neovim, or Emacs
- you rely on a large plugin ecosystem
- you need GUI editing or mouse-heavy workflows
Facets
application · maturity experimental
editor terminal-ui parser text-editors developer-tools windows cross-platform cli text-editor tree-sitter rope emacs-inspired syntax-highlighting rust command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/zee-editor/zee · fetched 2026-08-28 · b18845c8c73c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| zee-editor/zee | main | 34 |
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