Audience

Content creators, programmers, and developers searching for a hyperextensible Vim-based text editor to write and edit text files

About Neovim

API is first-class, discoverable, versioned, documented. MessagePack structured communication enables extensions in any language. Remote plugins run as co-processes, safely and asynchronously. GUIs, IDEs, web browsers can, embed Neovim as an editor or script host. Works the same everywhere, one build-type, one command. Modern terminal features such as cursor styling, focus events, bracketed paste. Built-in terminal emulator and strong defaults. Fully compatible with Vim's editing model and Vimscript v1. Start with :help nvim-from-vim if you already use Vim. The current stable release version is 0.5 (RSS). See the roadmap for progress and plans. With 30% less source-code than Vim, the vision of Neovim is to enable new applications without compromising Vim's traditional roles. Lua is built-in, but Vimscript is supported with the most advanced Vimscript engine in the world (featuring an AST-producing parser).

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Integrations

API:
Yes, Neovim offers API access
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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
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Neovim Product Features

Code Editors

Keyboard Shortcuts
Customizable Themes
Multi-Monitor Editing
Syntax Highlighting
API
Code Folding
Column Editing
Formatting / Table Editing
Auto-Complete
Debugging
WYSIWYG

Text Editors

Syntax Highlighting
Formatting / Table Editing
Code Folding
WYSIWYG
Column Editing
Multi-Monitor Editing
Auto-Complete
Keyboard Shortcuts
Debugging
API
Customizable Themes

Neovim Verified User Reviews

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  • Nicholas A.
    CTO
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 26 - 99
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    "Neovim provides the best and most efficient workflow once set up"

    Edited 2025-10-26

    Pros: I used it to develop Java and c++. I loved the speed and flexibility and the fact that no mouse is needed and you can have a very fast and efficient workflow using the keyboard with easy to remember neumonic s (like SF to search files) rather than holding down lots of different modifiers that are hard to remember. The editor is the focus and temporary popups are used for searching for things, call hierarchy, errors etc so you aren't rearranging splitter positions all the time. The errors were shown instantly as I typed and I could even launch my application when while it had compile errors and my refactoring was not finished. Much better than the workflow in intellij for example.

    Cons: There is some investment time needed to learn it initially but the power and flexibility it gives you is worth it in the end.

    Overall: Intellij feels old and bloated. It has a slow compile, view errors workflow reminiscent of old school compile run debug build cycle. Neovim with jdtls shower me errors across whole project as I typed and let me do fuzzy finder search across all problems. The workflow was more efficient on neovim when using the keyboard.

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