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Yazelix Nova

Yazelix Nova is a Nix-packaged terminal workspace built from focused first-party components, including Nova Rio, Nova Zellij, Nova Helix, Yazi, Nushell, Ratconfig, popups, status widgets, cursors, and Anima.

Yazelix Nova is an open-source terminals project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 1.2k stars. It is built with Rust. Its last push was yesterday.

Stars
1.2k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
nova-v2.1.1

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
A Nix-packaged terminal workspace that combines a Rio terminal, Zellij, the Helix editor, the Yazi file manager and Nushell into one preconfigured setup.
Adopt it when
You want a ready-made terminal IDE around Helix and Zellij and are comfortable with Nix.
Watch out
It ships forks of Helix, Rio and Zellij, so updates depend on one project keeping those forks current.
Ready for
Usable
Runs as
Command line and desktop app
Built with
Rust, Nix, Zellij, Helix and Nushell
How established
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release nova-v2.1.1.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Rust

Follow it down: Yazelix Nova → Rust → runs on a microchip

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