diff --git a/config/x86_64/ci.toml b/config/x86_64/ci.toml
index d0d5115b1..1ad08c53b 100644
--- a/config/x86_64/ci.toml
+++ b/config/x86_64/ci.toml
@@ -121,12 +121,14 @@ nano = {}
 nasm = {}
 ncurses = {}
 ncursesw = {}
+neovim = {}
 netdb = {}
 netsurf = {}
 netutils = {}
 neverball = {}
 nghttp2 = {}
 nginx = {}
+nodejs-21 = {}
 nushell = {}
 onefetch = {}
 openjazz = {}
diff --git a/recipes/tools/helix/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/helix/recipe.toml
index a4a50cc3c..5f83c1b45 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/helix/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/helix/recipe.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
 #TODO signal handling is disabled, it should be re-enabled when Redox is ready
-#TODO language files are not built, only the "hx" editor is built
-#TODO Consider adding `export RUSTFLAGS+="-C target-feature=-crt-static"` when adding language support
+#TODO language files are not built for fennel and crstalline langauges
 #TODO configuration - https://docs.helix-editor.com/install.html#configuring-helixs-runtime-files
 [source]
-git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/helix.git"
-branch = "redox"
+git = "https://github.com/greyshaman/helix.git"
+rev = "34b91f42d9e9b04ba39cb6cc0f7c044d8ca4261d"
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-export HELIX_DISABLE_AUTO_GRAMMAR_BUILD=1
-COOKBOOK_SOURCE+="/helix-term"
-cookbook_cargo
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D__redox__"
+PACKAGE_PATH="helix-term" cookbook_cargo
 mv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/hx" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/helix"
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/grammars"
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/queries"
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/themes"
+echo "show runtime grammars dir content"
+cp ${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/runtime/grammars/*.so ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/grammars/
+cp -r ${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/runtime/queries/* ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/queries/
+cp -r ${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/runtime/themes/* ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/themes/
+cp "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/runtime/tutor" ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/helix/runtime/
+
+echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/hx"
+echo 'export HELIX_RUNTIME=/usr/lib/helix/runtime' >> "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/hx"
+echo '/usr/bin/helix $@' >> "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/hx"
+
+chmod +x ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/hx
 """
 
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/recipe.toml
index e7cbeaff6..1d08638e2 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO page fault
+#TODO node is working but ld.so crashing with npm
 [source]
 tar = "https://nodejs.org/dist/v21.7.3/node-v21.7.3.tar.xz"
 blake3 = "95a56db4f9729b2f8384ab58ccb2ec0c41da05991f7400ef97bd76748d77870b"
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
   --shared-nghttp3
   --shared-openssl
   --shared-zlib
-  --disable-shared-readonly-heap
-  --without-node-snapshot
-  --without-node-code-cache
-  --v8-lite-mode
+  --without-inspector
 # TODO: Find a way to separate host and target flags instead?
 # --shared-zlib-includes="${COOKBOOK_TOOLCHAIN}/include"
   --shared-openssl-includes="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/redox.patch
index 82f99e0ae..f5acaaa43 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/nodejs-21/redox.patch
@@ -203,6 +203,23 @@ diff -ruwN source/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-posix.cc source-new/deps/v8
      flags |= MAP_NORESERVE;
  #endif  // !V8_OS_AIX && !V8_OS_FREEBSD && !V8_OS_QNX
  #if V8_OS_QNX
+@@ -565,14 +569,8 @@
+     // MADV_FREE_REUSABLE sometimes fails, so fall back to MADV_DONTNEED.
+     ret = madvise(address, size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+   }
+-#elif defined(_AIX) || defined(V8_OS_SOLARIS)
+-  int ret = madvise(reinterpret_cast<caddr_t>(address), size, MADV_FREE);
+-  if (ret != 0 && errno == ENOSYS) {
+-    return true;  // madvise is not available on all systems.
+-  }
+-  if (ret != 0 && errno == EINVAL) {
+-    ret = madvise(reinterpret_cast<caddr_t>(address), size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+-  }
++#elif defined(_AIX) || defined(V8_OS_SOLARIS) || defined(V8_OS_REDOX)
++  int ret = 0; // madvise is not available on all systems.
+ #else
+   int ret = madvise(address, size, MADV_DONTNEED);
+ #endif
 diff -ruwN source/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-redox.cc source-new/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-redox.cc
 --- source/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-redox.cc	1970-01-01 07:00:00.000000000 +0700
 +++ source-new/deps/v8/src/base/platform/platform-redox.cc	2025-10-10 15:23:18.233737033 +0700
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/tree-sitter/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/tree-sitter/recipe.toml
index 8285bd265..6cd7fd347 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/tree-sitter/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/tree-sitter/recipe.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ patches = [
 template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
-PACKAGE_PATH=cli cookbook_cargo
+PACKAGE_PATH=cli cookbook_cargo --config 'patch.crates-io.rustix.git = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/rustix"'
 cookbook_cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/lib
 """
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml
index 7b4acf98c..61fe6e4a8 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/tls/openssl3/recipe.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     enable-zstd
     "${OS}-${ARCH}"
     --prefix="/usr"
+    --openssldir="/etc/ssl"
 )
 
 if [ "${COOKBOOK_DYNAMIC}" = "1" ]; then
@@ -32,5 +33,4 @@ fi
 "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j1 # bug in make/ar
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install_sw install_ssldirs DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
-rm -rfv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/"{share,ssl}
 """
diff --git a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml
index 1f29bff5f..b0379ef32 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#TODO mostly work, kinda slow, can't quit (signal issues?)
+#TODO working with workarounds on SIGCHLD
+#TODO no documentation
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/neovim/neovim"
 rev = "v0.11.5"
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ cookbook_cmake
 
 # needed to workaround bootstrapping process
 cp ./lib/libnlua0.so ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/nvim/
+patchelf --replace-needed \
+  "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/usr/lib/liblpeg.so" \
+  'liblpeg.so.1' ${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/lib/nvim/libnlua0.so
 
 else
 
diff --git a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch
index c8ea25b56..694ace266 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch
+++ b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-diff -ruwN source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
---- source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
-+++ source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt	2025-09-16 14:46:20.134790482 +0700
-@@ -24,37 +24,6 @@
+diff --git a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+index d103b5f4..37d9444e 100644
+--- a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -24,37 +24,6 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${GENERATED_SYN_VIM}
  
  file(GLOB PACKAGES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/runtime/pack/dist/opt/*)
  
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ diff -ruwN source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
  set(BUILDDOCFILES)
  foreach(DF ${DOCFILES})
    get_filename_component(F ${DF} NAME)
-@@ -65,8 +34,6 @@
+@@ -65,8 +34,6 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${GENERATED_HELP_TAGS}
    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory doc
    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
      ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/runtime/doc doc
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ diff -ruwN source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
    DEPENDS
      nvim_bin
      nvim_runtime_deps
-@@ -78,7 +45,6 @@
+@@ -78,7 +45,6 @@ add_custom_target(
    DEPENDS
      ${GENERATED_SYN_VIM}
      ${GENERATED_HELP_TAGS}
@@ -56,21 +57,22 @@ diff -ruwN source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
  )
  
  # CMake is painful here.  It will create the destination using the user's
-@@ -88,10 +54,6 @@
+@@ -87,10 +53,6 @@ add_custom_target(
+ # seems like the best compromise.  If we create it, then everyone can see it.
  # If it's preexisting, leave it alone.
  
- install_helper(
+-install_helper(
 -  FILES ${GENERATED_HELP_TAGS} ${BUILDDOCFILES}
 -  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/doc)
 -
--install_helper(
+ install_helper(
    FILES ${GENERATED_SYN_VIM}
    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/syntax/vim)
- 
-diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt source-new/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
---- source/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
-+++ source-new/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt	2025-09-16 16:07:40.327319085 +0700
-@@ -93,19 +93,6 @@
+diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+index 4a8fe4c6..55a9ede1 100644
+--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -93,19 +93,6 @@ if(NOT MSVC)
  endif()
  
  # -fstack-protector breaks Mingw-w64 builds
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt source-new/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
  
  # Compiler specific options
  if(MSVC)
-@@ -145,9 +132,6 @@
+@@ -145,9 +132,6 @@ endif()
  # Platform specific options
  if(UNIX)
    target_link_libraries(main_lib INTERFACE m)
@@ -100,9 +102,27 @@ diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt source-new/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
  endif()
  
  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
-diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h source-new/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h
---- source/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
-+++ source-new/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h	2025-09-16 13:45:00.379142388 +0700
+diff --git a/src/nvim/main.c b/src/nvim/main.c
+index 5c1e415c..fa6fa859 100644
+--- a/src/nvim/main.c
++++ b/src/nvim/main.c
+@@ -698,6 +698,12 @@ void getout(int exitval)
+   assert(!ui_client_channel_id);
+   exiting = true;
+ 
++  // parent doesn't notice SIGCHILD
++  pid_t ppid = getppid();
++  if (ppid > 1) {
++      kill(ppid, SIGKILL); 
++  }
++
+   // make sure startuptimes have been flushed
+   time_finish();
+ 
+diff --git a/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h b/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h
+index db575e00..b42cee2a 100644
+--- a/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h
++++ b/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h
 @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  
  #if !defined(NAME_MAX) && defined(_XOPEN_NAME_MAX)
@@ -112,3 +132,24 @@ diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h source-new/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h
  #endif
  
  #define BASENAMELEN (NAME_MAX - 5)
+diff --git a/src/nvim/os/shell.c b/src/nvim/os/shell.c
+index 7dff8a1b..ebc61542 100644
+--- a/src/nvim/os/shell.c
++++ b/src/nvim/os/shell.c
+@@ -880,7 +880,16 @@ static int do_os_system(char **argv, const char *input, size_t len, char **outpu
+   MultiQueue *events = multiqueue_new_child(main_loop.events);
+   proc->events = events;
+   proc->argv = argv;
++#ifdef __redox__
++  msg_puts("Shell execution is disabled until https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/redox/-/issues/1762 closed and this workaround removed\n");
++  loop_poll_events(&main_loop, 0);
++  multiqueue_free(events);
++  return -1;
++  int status = -1;
++#else
+   int status = proc_spawn(proc, has_input, true, true);
++#endif
++
+   if (status) {
+     loop_poll_events(&main_loop, 0);
+     // Failed, probably 'shell' is not executable.