# Helix vs Kakoune

**URL:** <https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/helix-vs-kakoune/2108>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** other-editors\
**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/helix-vs-kakoune/2108 "2022-08-25T08:23:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![krobelus](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/krobelus/32/616_2.png) [@krobelus](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/krobelus)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/helix-vs-kakoune/2108/19 "2022-09-16T11:58:19Z")

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> [@theowenyoung](#):
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> I don’t find a proper way to hot reload plugins

Hot reloading can’t be a general feature because plugins can do arbitrary things that might not be suitable for reloading. However for your own config [it’s easy](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/how-to-reload-config-without-leaving-kakoune/1586/2).

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