Kakoune
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
May 3, 2026first mention
Oct 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Kakoune (https://github.com/mawww/kakoune) is a good example of it.”
“I've been using kakoune for the past 2-3 years and it has been great.”
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“I am regularly surprised by how simple/quickly things can be done with Kakoune's shell based model”
“Kakoune has just enough utilities to create a on-keystroke-updated-buffer so I'm happy with that.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
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- Kakoune Code Editor 1 mention
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Data: kakoune.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“Mine is Ghostty + Kakoune + Nushell”
“Kakoune (https://github.com/mawww/kakoune) is a good example of it.”
“you could try https://kakoune.org/ or https://helix-editor.com/”
“I've been using kakoune for the past 2-3 years and it has been great.”
“I've seen somewhat convincing arguments that it is a more powerful model for modal editing.”
“I am regularly surprised by how simple/quickly things can be done with Kakoune's shell based model”
“Kakoune has just enough utilities to create a on-keystroke-updated-buffer so I'm happy with that.”
“Kakoune (a niche text editor that I use)”