Installing Helix

To install Helix, follow the instructions specific to your operating system. Note that:

• To get the latest nightly version of Helix, you need to build from source.

• To take full advantage of Helix, install the language servers for your preferred programming languages. See the wiki for instructions.

Pre-built binaries

Download pre-built binaries from the GitHub Releases page. Add the hx binary to your system's $PATH to use it from the command line, and copy the runtime directory into the config directory (for example ~/.config/helix/runtime on Linux/macOS). The runtime location can be overriden via the HELIX_RUNTIME environment variable.