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+1. [kakoune](https://github.com/mawww/kakoune#building)
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git
+cd kakoune/src
+# make sure that gcc >7.0 is installed or clang 12.0 is installed
+make
+./kak
+```
+https://kakoune-editor.github.io/community-articles/2021/01/01/first_two_hours_in_two_minutes.html
+
+
+2. [helix editor](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix)
+
+Needs glibc 2.18 to run.
+
+3. [xi-editor](https://github.com/xi-editor/xi-editor)
+
+it is more or less unmaintained. 
+https://raphlinus.github.io/xi/2020/06/27/xi-retrospective.html
+