PNANA

Hey HN, I’m excited to share PNANA—a lightweight, modern terminal text editor built with C++17 and FTXUI, designed to bridge the gap between simplicity and power for developers who live in the terminal. What makes PNANA different? Zero learning curve: Ditches the modal complexity of Vim/Neovim for familiar Ctrl+S/Ctrl+Z shortcuts, just like GUI editors. Beautiful terminal UI: Out-of-the-box themes (Monokai, Dracula, Nord, etc.), a three-column layout, and smart status bars—no config required to look great. Built-in LSP support: Native code completion, real-time diagnostics, jump-to-definition, and symbol search for all major languages (C/C++, Go, Rust, Python, JS/TS, and more). Lightweight & fast: Terminal-native, low resource usage, and instant startup—perfect for remote servers and local development alike. Extensible future: A planned L

The English README link for the project is https://github.com/Cyxuan0311/PNANA/blob/master/README_EN.md

It’s a modern FTXUI-based terminal editor—like Nano and Sublime’s baby. No weird modal editing, no 100+ shortcuts to memorize, just useful features with a non-eye-glazing UI. Here’s why it’s my daily coding/note-taking editor: •Zero learning curve. Ctrl+S/Ctrl+Z/Ctrl+F—all standard shortcuts you know. No more 2 AM “how to exit Vim” searches. •Looks great. 28 themes (Monokai, Dracula, Nord, etc.), toggleable line numbers, current line highlighting, and a clean 3-column layout. •Surprisingly powerful. Multi-tab support, regex search/replace (live previews!), syntax highlighting for major languages (C++, Python, JS, etc.), and LSP for code completion/error checks. •Super lightweight. Terminal-based, fires up instantly—no VS Code bloat. Runs smooth even on old laptops. I know we all have go-to editors (shoutout Neovim fans), but if you’re tir

English version of GitHub page: https://github.com/Cyxuan0311/PNANA/blob/master/README_EN.md

I’d like to share PNANA , a lightweight TUI editor built with C++ and FTXUI that I’ve been building for personal use and now open-sourced. It’s a minimal, fast terminal-based editor focused on simple coding and editing workflows—no bloated features, just the core functionality for terminal-centric use cases. https://github.com/Cyxuan0311/PNANA Key pragmatic features Lightweight C++ core with FTXUI for smooth TUI rendering, fast startup and low resource usage Basic but solid editing capabilities (syntax highlighting, line numbering, basic navigation) Simple build process with minimal dependencies, easy to compile and run on Linux/macOS terminals Early LSP integration support for basic code completion (still polishing, but functional for common languages) It’s very much an early-stage project—I built it to scratch my own itch for a minimal,