I was supporting Oni2 for the same reasons, a work-out-of-the-box fast modal editor but a Gui would have probably meant leaving behind a terminal based workflow.
I have also been seduced into Kakoune's way of doing things although not enough to make the jump from vim, which I hate but can't live without.
Helix really hits that sweet spot of a fast work-out-of-the-box kakoune-style terminal editor. Time to make the jump.
Unfortunately the reason I switched back to Neovim is that Helix doesn't have plugin support yet, so one can't really add new features, even if most of the popular ones are built in, like tree-sitter.
I have also been seduced into Kakoune's way of doing things although not enough to make the jump from vim, which I hate but can't live without.
Helix really hits that sweet spot of a fast work-out-of-the-box kakoune-style terminal editor. Time to make the jump.