I was very enthusiastic about helix since it rethinks some of vim complexity. But lack of plugins makes it just an editor for small files only that I can quickly start on server and doesn’t not make it suitable for serious work.

Agreed. But very useful for quick editing, and easier to install than vim on Windows.

That’s a perfectly fine usecase. But all systems I work with have vim installed by default anyway. And vim handles big files better than helix (not sure why)

why? There is LSP support included. Pretty usable. Of course this is not fully IDE, but I don't expect this from "editor"

Just to be clear: it’s not suitable for me to do work using this editor. There are many features lacking that makes me more efficient. In case of vim that is solved by a few plugins. It’s not about being IDE but rather about being well fitted tool. I wish I would only need LSP but it’s not enough for my work.