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oni2
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onivim / oni2

oni2

Native, lightweight modal code editor

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What it is

Native, lightweight modal code editor

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by year34 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-01-11 15:12:30 UTC to 2024-09-17 14:38:47 UTC.

02468102019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 2 submissions, 7 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 1 submissions, 9 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 1 submissions, 7 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2024

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20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC927
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1019
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC817
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

From the project README

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Read the project’s introduction
Onivim 2 Lightweight, Modal Code Editor ⚠️ Currently in alpha - may have bugs or instability - use with caution ⚠️ Introduction Onivim 2 is a reimagination of the Oni editor. Onivim 2 aims to bring the speed of Sublime, the language integration of VSCode, and the modal editing experience of Vim together, in a single package. Onivim 2 is built in reason using the revery framework. Onivim 2 uses libvim to manage buffers and provide authentic modal editing, and features a fast, native front-end. In addition, Onivim 2 leverages the VSCode Extension Host process in its entirety - meaning, eventually, complete support for VSCode extensions and configuration. Goals Modern UX - an experience on par with modern code editors like VSCode and Atom VSCode Plugin Support - use all of the features of VSCode plugins, including language servers and debuggers Cross-Platform - works on Windows, OSX, and Linux Batteries Included - works out of the box Performance - no compromises: native performance, minimal input latency Easy to Learn - Onivim 2 should be comfortable for non-vimmers, too! The goal of this project is to build an editor that doesn't exist today - the speed of a native code editor like Sublime, the power of modal editing, and the rich tooling that comes with a lightweight editor like VSCode. Non-goals 100% VimL compatibility - we may not support all features of VimL plugins / configuration. Documentation Onivim User Manual Getting Started Basic Usage FAQ Contributing We'd ❤️ help building Onivim 2! If you are interested in fixing issues and contributing directly to the code, please see the How to Contribute document, which includes the following: How to build and run from source Pull Request Guidelines Please also see our Code of Conduct. Feedback Tweet us with feedback Come visit us on Discord Join the discussion on Reddit File an issue on GitHub License Onivim 2 source code is licensed under the MIT license. Onivim 2 downloads, available at https://v2.onivim.io/, are licensed under the Outrun Labs EULA 1.1. Third-Party Code Several dependencies have their own set of license terms here: ThirdPartyLicenses.txt Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Outrun Labs, LLC.
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What Hacker News says

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giancarlostoro·Sep 17, 2024
I wish someone would fork Omnivim2 instead in order to better compete with VS Code. The editor looks like VS Code, but it is natively compiled and supports VS Code plugins is my understanding. Unfortunately the project seems abandoned. Its coded in ReasonML. I'm sick of dev tools being built around web browsers. We used to have fully native apps in the 90s and 00s that didn't require so much complexity compared to today. Edit: Forgot to mention that it also is powered by vim under the hood, but that's a strength in my eyes. https://github.com/onivim/oni2
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giancarlostoro·Jul 28, 2022
I never tried CoffeeScript since nobody pays me for it, though I am curious about ReasonML as an alternative, there's a Neovim front-end[0] coded in Reason that compiles natively[1], and supports existing VS Code plugins from the VSCodium plugin repository[2] which I still have yet to look at how the heck they pulled that bit off, but it is pretty interesting. My thinking is, not only can I do amazing front-end stuff on the web, but I can do front-end GUI applications that aren't reliant on Electron thanks to OCaml magic. [0]: https://github.com/onivim/oni2#introduction [1]: https://github.com/revery-ui/revery [2]: https://open-vsx.org/
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qbasic_forever·Mar 16, 2022
It's exactly what I'm thinking of but development on it has stopped and it isn't clear if there's a future for it (see the update here: https://github.com/onivim/oni2/issues/3811). I'd love to see a company like Panic put some dollars and development power behind a native UI for neovim. Neovim is built explicitly to support these kind of custom frontend UIs. It's basically a backend for a fully-featured text editor and IDE but with a minimal console only frontend UI.
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mseri·Sep 8, 2021
The project is acively developed, you can have a look at its repository: https://github.com/onivim/oni2/ I think they are doing quite a good job, the editor is blazing fast and you can already use almost seamlessly many VScode plugins. It is clearly still a developer preview, with a number of rough edges, but the devs are very reactive on the issues and on the discord channel. I bought it in the very early days to support the project. I still cannot use it as my main editor, but I have been using it more and more recently (I am using the nightly version).
In Onivim 2 – A retro-futuristic modal editor

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