# helix-editor/helix SLOC report

> helix-editor/helix: 142,488 code lines at commit ba40e547426b, counted with tokei-12.1 on 2026-09-29. Saved result d09ceef95906e4aa7c616d140b554530d828cd501da4b7507c8a26513da5586c.

helix-editor/helix has 142,488 source lines of code out of 186,651 total lines across 1,722 files, counted from the master ref at commit ba40e547426b by the OctoCounts tokei engine on 2026-09-29. The report is cached by commit, tokei version, and analysis options, so recounting the same revision returns exactly these numbers.

OctoCounts produced this report by resolving helix-editor/helix to commit ba40e547426b, downloading the repository source archive, and counting every source file with tokei, the open-source line counter written in Rust. The table below breaks the count down by programming language into files, total lines, code lines, comment lines, and blank lines, so the figures can be compared across languages and projects. Results are cached by commit, tokei version, and analysis options, so counting the same revision again reproduces exactly these numbers.

## Repository size insights

This is a large codebase by counted code lines. Code represents 76.3% of all lines, comments represent 9.9%, and the repository averages 83 code lines per file. Rust accounts for 54.3% of counted code.

| Language | Files | Lines | Code | Comments | Blanks |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Rust | 224 | 91,570 | 77,407 | 3,685 | 10,478 |
| Scheme | 1,190 | 52,847 | 39,060 | 4,600 | 9,187 |
| TOML | 239 | 30,754 | 24,902 | 2,082 | 3,770 |
| Handlebars | 1 | 369 | 311 | 16 | 42 |
| CSS | 1 | 326 | 263 | 4 | 59 |
| Nix | 4 | 323 | 229 | 76 | 18 |
| XML | 1 | 125 | 115 | 0 | 10 |
| JavaScript | 2 | 83 | 59 | 17 | 7 |
| Elvish | 1 | 56 | 38 | 13 | 5 |
| Zsh | 1 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 2 |
| BASH | 1 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 |
| Nushell | 1 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 |
| Fish | 1 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| SVG | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shell | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Markdown | 42 | 6,892 | 0 | 5,658 | 1,234 |
| Plain Text | 8 | 3,178 | 0 | 2,405 | 773 |

Top language (Rust 54.3%). Generated at 2026-09-29T19:19:18.486154149Z. Canonical report: https://octocounts.com/github/helix-editor/helix/commit/ba40e547426b0f9896c8bdc699a4ab11f2b37dbc?reportId=d09ceef95906e4aa7c616d140b554530d828cd501da4b7507c8a26513da5586c&analysis=%7B%22profile%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22ignoredDirs%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22includeDocs%22%3Afalse%2C%22includeTests%22%3Afalse%2C%22ignoredLanguages%22%3A%5B%5D%2C%22includeGenerated%22%3Afalse%7D

## Reproduce this report

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## Report FAQ

### How many lines of code does helix-editor/helix have?

helix-editor/helix has 186,651 total lines, including 142,488 code lines, 18,569 comment lines, and 25,594 blank lines.

### How was the helix-editor/helix line count measured?

OctoCounts resolved the public GitHub repository to commit ba40e547426b, downloaded the source archive, counted it with tokei, and cached the report by commit, tokei version, and analysis options.

### What commit was counted for helix-editor/helix?

This OctoCounts report was generated from master at commit ba40e547426b on 2026-09-29T19:19:18.486154149Z.

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