vshvedov/rhun
A small and fast code editor written in Assembly
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
About the project
rhun is a minimalist code editor written in Assembly for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It is fast, lightweight, and includes a built-in terminal, Git, and an agents panel.
Useful for
- Edit code with syntax highlighting and tabs
- Run commands and agents in the built-in terminal
- View Git changes and commits without leaving the editor
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Why it’s trending
- 33 stars so far today, about 38 expected by the end of the day.
- The spike has held for 2 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
- The repository is 6 days old and already has 72 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #186.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly” — 59 points, 1 day ago.
- About 6 forks a day — people are taking the code.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @cpiprint (212 followers).
Stars per day
Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 72
- Today
- 33 · ≈ 38 by evening
- Forks
- 7
- Issues and pull requests
- 22
- Watchers
- 0
- Language
- Assembly
- License
- MIT
- Latest release
- v0.16.3 · October 2, 2026
- Created
- September 26, 2026
- Last push
- October 2, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Show HN: Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly59 points, October 1, 2026
Spotted in
- October 2, 2026Top new repositories this week: #186
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