I use vim a lot. Here are my first impressions about Helix: - It loads noticeably slower than vim on my old laptop. (Vim being immediate, Helix taking about 3 seconds).

- The default theme is purple, which I'm not a fan of.

- It's more "put together" than vim out of the box. I wish vim had a bunch of plugins installed out of the box.

- I get some vim shortcuts but not all, which I immediately miss. I guess I'll have to read the docs.