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carlhjerpe05/13/20252 repliesview on HN

https://crates.io/search?q=Helix

I'm surprised none in the team searched crates.io once before picking the name. Good luck!


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itishappy05/13/2025

I don't think `helix-editor` is even on crates.io, just placeholders.

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/7038

That being said, when I saw `helix-db` I was thrown too. "What's a text editor doing writing a vector-graph database, I thought they were working on plugins?"

GeorgeCurtis05/13/2025

we just started off as a side project and thought the name fitted well. With the strands, graph type structure, connections...

We didn't think of getting people to use it until we found it was solving a real pain point for people, so weren't worried about trademarks or names. There was no other helix db so that was good enough for us at the time.

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