helix-health

Overengineered helix --health

Interactive TUI for viewing and searching Helix editor's health information.

Features

• Interactive search - Real-time fuzzy filtering as you type
• Non-interactive mode - Quick command-line queries
• Multiple search terms - Filter by multiple languages or tools at once

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S helix-health

Nix

# Run directly
nix run github:gunererd/helix-health

# Run with arguments
nix run github:gunererd/helix-health python golang rust

Using go install

go install github.com/gunererd/helix-health@latest

From source

git clone https://github.com/gunererd/helix-health.git
cd helix-health
go build

Usage

Interactive mode

Launch the TUI:

helix-health

Type to search for languages or tools. Navigate with arrow keys or Vim/Emacs shortcuts.

Non-interactive mode

Query specific languages from the command line:

helix-health python
helix-health rust go typescript

Requirements

• Helix editor installed and available in PATH
• Go 1.21+ (for building from source)

How it works

helix-health wraps the helix --health command and provides:

• Real-time substring search across language names and tool names
• Highlighted matches in search results
• Clean, styled terminal output

License

MIT