videre is a fast, modal terminal editor with a vi-first workflow and minimal runtime dependencies.

The current codebase is an idiomatic Swift 6.3 package. It keeps the editor's byte-oriented buffer model, modal command surface, and custom terminal layer while using Swift Package Manager for builds and tests.

• Modal editing that stays close to vi muscle memory
• Tight terminal feedback with a low-friction UI
• Single-binary workflow with simple build/run/install paths
• Practical feature set: motions, visual selections, search, marks, yoinks, paste, and command mode
• Dependency-light Swift implementation built around explicit value types and a small POSIX terminal bridge

• Modes: Normal, Insert, Replace, Visual, Visual Line, and : command entry
• Navigation: hjkl, arrows, word motions, paragraph motions, %, gg, G, {n}G
• Editing: i a I A o O, x, d, y, c with operator+motion forms and count prefixes
• Search: /, n, N, f/F/t/T, ;, ,
• Commands: :w, :q, :q!, :qa!, :wq, :e <file>, :{number}, :help
• Extras: clipboard integration, syntax highlighting, Git branch status, auto-indent, auto-pairs, dot repeat, jumplist, and surround editing

swift build -c release

The binary will be located at .build/release/videre.

swift run videre path/to/file

swift build -c release
install -m 0755 .build/release/videre ~/.local/bin/videre

Adjust the install destination to a directory on your PATH.

swift test

• Package.swift: Swift package manifest
• Sources/videre/main.swift: Application entrypoint and lifecycle
• Sources/Videre/Editor.swift: Core editor state and text manipulation logic
• Sources/Videre/Input.swift: Modal key handling and command dispatch
• Sources/Videre/UI.swift: Terminal rendering and screen management
• Sources/Videre/Terminal.swift: POSIX raw mode, ANSI output, and key parsing
• Sources/Videre/Syntax.swift: Lightweight syntax highlighting
• Sources/Videre/ByteRegex.swift: Byte-oriented regex/search engine
• Tests/VidereTests: XCTest coverage for editor behavior
• videre.1: man page

• Linux and macOS terminals are the primary targets.
• On crash or hard kill, restore terminal state with reset or stty sane.

Unlicense. See LICENSE.