# Installer helix avec Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget, apt

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de helix pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:helix
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install helix
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install helix
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: editors/helix/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add helix
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install helix
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#helix
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S helix
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: helix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install helix
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install hx
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: hx from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install helix
```

  Preuve: Chocolatey community package catalog: helix from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='9.4028','coreinfo'

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/helix
```

  Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/helix.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id Helix.Helix -e
```

  Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: Helix.Helix from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:helix
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 25.07.1
- **Résumé source:** Post-modern modal text editor
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://helix-editor.com>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/helix-editor/helix>
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- hx (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 25.07.1
## Historique du projet et usages

Helix is a terminal-first modal editor written in Rust. Its own README frames it as a Kakoune- and Neovim-inspired editor with Vim-like modal editing, multiple selections, built-in Language Server Protocol support, and Tree-sitter-based syntax features.

For package-manager users, Helix matters because it is a modern editor packaged as a single `hx` command while still shipping a large runtime of grammars, themes, language configuration, and editor documentation.

### Historique du projet

The public GitHub repository was created in June 2020. The project developed around a Rust codebase split into editor core, terminal UI, LSP, DAP, loader, runtime, and query assets, which made the editor feel more like a self-contained toolchain than a thin terminal frontend.

Helix's editing model comes from Kakoune's selection-first approach, while its ecosystem position naturally invites comparison with Neovim. The project made built-in LSP and Tree-sitter support part of the editor's baseline rather than optional plugin work.

### Historique d'adoption

The project moved quickly from source builds and GitHub releases into operating-system package channels. The supplied package metadata lists Homebrew, Chocolatey, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, winget, and openSUSE packaging, which is broad coverage for a comparatively young terminal editor.

Its adoption has been helped by an easy executable name, `hx`, and by official documentation that covers installation, configuration, language setup, themes, and keymaps in one place.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users run Helix as `hx` to edit files in a modal terminal interface. Normal package-manager installs must provide the binary plus the runtime assets that power highlighting, indentation queries, themes, and language definitions.

Helix configuration is conventionally stored in `config.toml` under the user config directory, with per-project overrides in `.helix/config.toml`; this makes it friendly to dotfile managers and repository-local editor policy.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Helix is interesting to package nerds because it compresses several editor-era trends into one package: Rust terminal UI, Tree-sitter grammars, LSP integration, modal editing, and runtime data that must be installed in the right place.

It also provides a useful contrast with plugin-heavy editor packaging. A Helix package has to get runtime paths and grammar assets right, but it does not require bootstrapping a large external plugin manager just to provide language-aware editing.

### Chronologie

- 2020: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2021: Early public GitHub releases begin with the 0.0.x series.
- 2021: Helix documentation and installation guidance become part of the official project site.
- 2025: The 25.x release series appears on the official GitHub release page.

### Related projects

- Kakoune supplies the strongest editing-model influence.
- Neovim is the closest modal-editor ecosystem comparison.
- Tree-sitter and the Language Server Protocol are core technologies in Helix's default feature set.
- Nix, Homebrew, Chocolatey, Scoop, winget, Debian, Fedora, Arch, MacPorts, and openSUSE appear in the supplied package metadata as distribution channels.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/helix-editor/helix>
- <https://docs.helix-editor.com/>
- <https://github.com/helix-editor/helix>
- <https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/releases>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/helix/config.toml, .helix/config.toml
- Windows: %AppData%\helix\config.toml
## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Nix - helix: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/he/helix/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - helix - 25.07.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com/
- apk - helix-bash-completion - 25.07.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for helix | https://helix-editor.com/
- apk - helix-fish-completion - 25.07.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for helix | https://helix-editor.com/
- apk - helix-tree-sitter-system - 25.07.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-tree-sitter-system from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com/
- apk - helix-tree-sitter-vendor - 25.07.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-tree-sitter-vendor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com/
- apk - helix-zsh-completion - 25.07.1-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: helix-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for helix | https://helix-editor.com/
- dnf - helix - 25.07.1-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A post-modern modal text editor written in Rust | https://helix-editor.com/
- dnf - helix-parsers - 25.07.1-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix-parsers from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Prebuilt tree-sitter parsers for Helix | https://helix-editor.com/
- dnf - helix-themes - 25.07.1-12.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: helix-themes from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Helix themes | https://helix-editor.com/
- pacman - helix - 25.07.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: helix from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A post-modern modal text editor | https://helix-editor.com
- zypper - helix - 25.07.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A post-modern modal text editor written in Rust | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
- zypper - helix-bash-completion - 25.07.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for helix | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
- zypper - helix-fish-completion - 25.07.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for helix | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
- zypper - helix-runtime - 25.07.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix-runtime from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Runtime files for helix | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
- zypper - helix-zsh-completion - 25.07.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: helix-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for helix | https://github.com/helix-editor/helix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/helix.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/helix.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph