sqeel
1.0.0-rc1 · live
Vim-native SQL client.
MySQL · Postgres · SQLite. Terminal (ratatui) and native GUI (iced) from one core. Per-file TOML connections, sqls LSP, tree-sitter highlighting.
● 5 projects
MIT
Rust
Native tools.
Vim-shaped. Rust-built.
Software for people who never left the terminal.
No Electron. No JVM. No webview wrappers. No telemetry. Just tools.
$ ls -la ~/kryptic # native tools, one ethos, three surfaces drwx sqeel/ vim-native SQL client · TUI + GUI v0.1 drwx buffr/ vim-inspired browser · Rust + CEF early drwx hjkl/ vim engine + rope buffer · no_std pre-release $ cat principles.txt # native rust · modal editing · mouse + keyboard · zero telemetry
projects
One ethos. Many surfaces.
buffr
early
Vim-inspired browser.
Native, GPU-accelerated. Rust + CEF — Chromium rendering without an Electron-shaped layer above it. Modal browsing, hint-mode for links, ex-style command palette.
hjkl
0.0.23 · pre-1.0
Vim engine + rope buffer.
Modal editor primitives in Rust. no_std + alloc.
Powers sqeel, buffr, and inbx from one shared FSM. Sealing toward
0.1.0 trait surface.
inbx
beta
Modal-vim email client.
IMAP/SMTP, Gmail XOAUTH2, Microsoft Graph, JMAP — one client, every inbox. Maildir + SQLite + tantivy. Composer powered by hjkl.
hodl
early
Light crypto wallet, TUI.
ratatui UI, BIP-39 seed, BIP-32/44 derivation. Multi-chain (Bitcoin, Ethereum). Light client — talks to public or self-hosted RPC. Local keys, encrypted at rest. Never phones home.
principles
What every kryptic tool agrees on.
01 — RUNTIME
Native Rust
No JVM, no Node, no webview wrapper. Small binaries, instant startup, predictable RSS.
02 — INPUT
Vim-shaped
Modal editing as a first-class citizen. Normal/insert/visual, real motions, leader chords.
03 — INTERACTION
Mouse + keyboard, both
Power users get keys. Everyone else gets mice. Neither is a second-class citizen.
04 — PRIVACY
Zero telemetry
No analytics. No phone-home. No "anonymous" usage data. Your terminal, your business.
05 — SHARED CORE
One engine, many surfaces
hjkl drives the modal layer across every project.
Same FSM, TUI or GUI or browser.
06 — LICENSE
MIT, all of it
Every binary, every crate, every landing page. Fork it, ship it, study it. No catch.