github.com/lapce/lapce
A Rust code editor inspired by Xi, using its rope data structure.
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Xi Editor
A modern editor with a Rust core and pluggable native front-ends.
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Why revive it
Its CRDT and rope work was influential and still informs editor design.
Revival goal
Carry its ideas into a usable, maintained editor.
Status
Abandoned
The maintainers have explicitly stopped or clearly walked away.
Why it was abandoned
The project was discontinued in 2020; the authors moved on to other work.
Existing revival efforts
Forks, rewrites, successors and alternatives that continue or replace Xi Editor.
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