PNANA
A TUI Text Editor
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I’d like to share PNANA , a lightweight TUI editor built with C++ and FTXUI that I’ve been building for personal use and now open-sourced. It’s a minimal, fast terminal-based editor focused on simple coding and editing workflows—no bloated features, just the core functionality for terminal-centric use cases.https://github.com/Cyxuan0311/PNANAKey pragmatic featuresLightweight C++ core with FTXUI for smooth TUI rendering, fast startup and low resource usageBasic but solid editing capabilities (syntax highlighting, line numbering, basic navigation)Simple build process with minimal dependencies, easy to compile and run on Linux/macOS terminalsEarly LSP integration support for basic code completion (still polishing, but functional for common languages)It’s very much an early-stage project—I built it to scratch my own itch for a minimal, self-built TUI editor and learn C++/FTXUI along the way. There are definitely rough edges (e.g., some LSP kinks, limited customization), and it’s not meant to replace mature editors like Vim/Nano—just a small open-source project for folks who like minimal terminal tools or want to learn TUI development with C++.Any feedback, bug reports, or tiny suggestions are super welcome. I’m slowly iterating on it and would love to learn from the HN community’s insights. Thanks for taking a look!
HN · launched Jan 28, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 47%) · 1 view
Niche: text and document editors · 95 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -46% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a minimal text editor wrapper built on top of the FTXUI C++ library, representing standard terminal UI and buffer management.
Discussion
9 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: vim, micro, nano, Neovim, fresh
Concerns raised: bugs when pasting code, code editing issues, Windows OS compatibility
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 101 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #58 of 102 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 86 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Ane, a new chord-based terminal code editor with one-shot CLI edits · hn · 2026-05-15 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Fresh · hn · 2025-12-03 · 187 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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