Rhun

A developer has released Rhun, an open-source code editor written in assembly language, sharing it with the Hacker News community. The project, available at rhun.app, is drawing attention for its unusual engineering choice, as most modern editors are built in higher-level languages like C++, Rust or JavaScript. Commenters are likely debating the practicality, performance and maintainability of assembly for a full application.

A developer has released Rhun, an open-source code editor written entirely in assembly language for Linux, Windows and Apple silicon Macs. The creator says he stopped using even a third of the features in vim and VS Code, so he built a deliberately minimal editor that still includes a Vim mode, a terminal and Git diffs. The project is drawing attention as a counterweight to increasingly bloated, feature-heavy editors.

A developer has launched Rhun, an open-source code editor written entirely in assembly language, sharing it with the tech community. The project is notable for its unusual choice of low-level programming, which promises speed and minimal resource use but makes development far harder than with mainstream languages. Reactions so far are limited, with early interest typical of small experimental projects.