Rune is now open source

(rune.build)

54 points | by ernestrc 3 hours ago

11 comments

  • purpleidea 54 minutes ago
    (I will try this as soon as there is a package in Fedora... That's my personal subjective bar to choosing a new EDITOR. But I definitely hope this succeeds, I'm a fan so far.)
    • ernestrc 44 minutes ago
      It’s a long process to get into Fedora, but we’re gonna give it a shot for sure.
  • bobajeff 25 minutes ago
    I'm always looking for new gui code editors. For me right now Vscode is still the top (and since I've been trying Lean out it's required). Zed is a very close second.

    One thing I would like to see on the home page is a video showing it being used. Also would like to see how it looks in a light theme. The repository says it's keyboard driven does that mean it's modal or can I still use it like a normal modeless editor?

  • rao-v 30 minutes ago
    I like the idea of making it trivial to work across multiple machines but I’d really prefer not to have to trust your coordination server and encryption approach etc.

    Could this (optionally) just run over Tailscale (I suppose ssh is always an option)

    https://docs.rune.build/learn/network

  • ramon156 1 hour ago
    Lovely write-up! Will take a look at rune as an alternative to my Zed setup.

    Not because I dislike Zed, I'm just addicted to trying out IDEs :)

    • ernestrc 40 minutes ago
      Thanks! We spend so many hours staring at these UIs.. I totally get it. It’s like driving a new car.
  • anigbrowl 30 minutes ago
    The open ledger and profit-sharing for contributors might be an even more interesting innovation than the IDE itself. I like my existing IDE but Rune looks very nice so I'll certainly give it a whirl.
  • elcritch 23 minutes ago
    vtebench is just what I've been wanting! Rune looks pretty cool too. Awesome to see people working on polishing things.

    I've been building my own editor and gui toolkit, but modeled on Cocoa/OpenStep and similarly found tuning terminal performance involved more about tuning memory access and storage. That sounds somewhat similar to the experience in TFA.

  • ernestrc 3 hours ago
    Author here! The post explains some of the details behind using Go as the primary language for building an IDE. It also introduces our novel contributor program, which will distribute some of Unstable Build's proceeds amongst participating developers, as opposed to making them sign a CLA to surrender their rights to a company. Happy to answer questions!
  • fishgoesblub 1 hour ago
    Lovely to see, this was my main gripe the last I saw it. Also great to see it under the GPLv3, and not some crap like MIT.
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