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Pencyl
A blazingly fast 9MB code editor built with Rust & Tauri
The lightweight, local-firsPencyl is a lightweight, zero-bloat desktop code editor designed as a fast alternative to resource-heavy IDEs. Built with Rust, Tauri, and React, it packs an integrated terminal, native visual Git graph, and customizable themes into a tiny 9.6MB installer.t development workspace.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built Pencyl out of frustration with modern desktop editors that consume gigabytes of RAM just to open a few text files. I wanted a daily-driver editor that launches instantly, maintains a minimal memory footprint, and provides essential developer tools right out of the box without the bloat.
By pairing Rust on the backend with Tauri instead of bundling a full Chromium browser (like standard Electron apps), the entire installer comes out to just 9.64 MB.
What’s packed inside:
Ultra-Lightweight Footprint: ~9.6MB binary size with minimal idle RAM usage.
Integrated Terminal: Full native terminal support powered by xterm.js.
Visual Git Graph: Built-in source control tab with commit history visualization.
Custom Themes: Dark, Light, Ocean, and Dracula options with customizable hotkeys.
Clean Interface: Fast file tree navigation and tabbed editing workspace.
🎥 Watch the 6-Minute Video Walkthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBMciA6CdOI
Website: https://pencyl.xyz
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/
Pencyl is 100% open-source. I’d love your feedback on the UI, overall speed, or features you’d like to see added next!
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About Pencyl on Product Hunt
“A blazingly fast 9MB code editor built with Rust & Tauri”
Pencyl was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #76 on the daily leaderboard. The lightweight, local-firsPencyl is a lightweight, zero-bloat desktop code editor designed as a fast alternative to resource-heavy IDEs. Built with Rust, Tauri, and React, it packs an integrated terminal, native visual Git graph, and customizable themes into a tiny 9.6MB installer.t development workspace.
Pencyl was featured in Open Source (68.8k followers), Software Engineering (43k followers) and GitHub (41.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 51.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Pencyl?
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