Rhun code editor
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Fast, minimalist free code editor written mostly in assembly, praised for quick startup and responsiveness. Critics note the code looks vibecoded and may be hard to maintain long term.
Fast, minimalist free code editor written mostly in assembly, praised for quick startup and responsiveness. Critics note the code looks vibecoded and may be hard to maintain long term.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fast loading and responsive typing
“absolutely blazing! and it delivers exactly what I've wanted for quick code reviews”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” “Typing latency is within one frame, so on par with my editor and Sublime Text etc.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” “Impressive. Loads fast, looks pretty polished.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” - Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly”
- Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly”
Minimalist, polished look
“This is an genuinely good minimalist good editor that is created in mostly assembly”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: A working Nintendo in ~1GB of Qwen weights” “it runs and looks incredible (macOS). Very well done.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” “Impressive. Loads fast, looks pretty polished.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” - Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly”
Small binary size
“This is an genuinely good minimalist good editor that is created in mostly assembly”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: A working Nintendo in ~1GB of Qwen weights” “the binary itself is just 980kb, which is such a fresh breath of air”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Code looks AI-generated or vibecoded
“Particularly when the "handwritten" code in question is vibecoded, like this is”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” “Particularly when the "handwritten" code in question is vibecoded”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” “The source code also has all the hallmarks of slop.”
Comment from 2 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” - Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly”
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| Visual Studio Code | 485 | 547 | 47% | 12 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| Rhun code editorThis page | 12 | 4 | 75% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is an genuinely good minimalist good editor that is created in mostly assembly”
“which is genuinely really cool!”
“I think that the future looks good provided that the codebase becomes managable for AI to use”
“Particularly when the "handwritten" code in question is vibecoded”
“Just tried it is fantastic.”
“its very fast and responsive”
“not having the abstractions from e.g. C or C++ will likely make it unmaintainable long term”
“the binary itself is just 980kb, which is such a fresh breath of air”
“Particularly when the "handwritten" code in question is vibecoded, like this is”
“Typing latency is within one frame, so on par with my editor and Sublime Text etc.”
“it runs and looks incredible (macOS). Very well done.”
“rhun is OSS, no telemetry, free and is lacking dozens of "normal code editor" features”
“Loads fast, looks pretty polished.”
“The source code also has all the hallmarks of slop.”
“Not just it’s fast, but also it automatically detected the AI session that’s actively working!”
“Impressive. Loads fast, looks pretty polished.”
“Website has all the hallmarks of AI slop.”
“absolutely blazing! and it delivers exactly what I've wanted for quick code reviews”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.