Programmable to the core
Configuration, keybindings, extensions, and workflows are ordinary JavaScript or TypeScript. Built-in features use the same public APIs your extensions do — bundled code gets no special privileges.
A modern programmable editor
Knot is an editing environment inspired by Emacs: everything is scriptable, but with a native interface, asynchronous execution, and language tooling built in. It aims to feel lightweight, fast, inspectable, and extensible.
Early development. There are no releases yet — follow along on GitHub.
Native and fast
A GPU-rendered interface written in Rust. Text shaping, input, and rendering stay native, so scripting never costs you responsiveness.
Never blocks
Language servers, search, Git, and external commands run asynchronously. Extensions progress independently of each other and of your typing.
Workflows you can replace
Higher-level workflows such as projects ship as ordinary bundled extensions built on public primitives. Disable them, replace them, or write your own.
A real terminal
An integrated terminal backed by a mature emulator, with sessions that survive moving between windows and layouts.
Your work is safe
Unsaved changes are preserved natively and windows restore at startup, even if an extension misbehaves.