neovim VS vim9

Compare neovim vs vim9 and see what are their differences.

neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability (by neovim)

vim9

An experimental fork of Vim, exploring ways to make Vim script faster and better. (by brammool)
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neovim vim9
1,390 8
79,067 450
3.3% -
10.0 0.0
3 days ago over 4 years ago
Vim Script Vim script
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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neovim

Posts with mentions or reviews of neovim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-06-14.
  • Multifunctional IDE using Neovim (1 of 3)
    6 projects | dev.to | 14 Jun 2024
    Next, install NeoVim itself on your device via the official website, or if you have homebrew, you can install it via the appropriate command brew install neovim, Linux users have their own package managers for installing packages, but I will not list them :)
  • Neovim 0.10 Release
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 May 2024
  • Neovim 0.10
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 May 2024
    Release binaries: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/tag/v0.10.0
  • What's New in Neovim 0.10
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 May 2024
    you might want to try linking @variable to Identifier, i think the original author decided to keep @variable unhighlighted to keep the color diff between having `termguicolors` on/off to a minimum (Identifier assumes `termguicolors` is enabled, but for default colorscheme it's likely not always the case).

    see https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/26334 and the comments in highlight_group.c

  • Neovim v0.10.0
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 May 2024
  • Why Neovim is My Text Editor of Choice
    2 projects | dev.to | 23 Apr 2024
    As a software engineer, choosing and understanding your text editor is important part of your work, as it impacts your productivity and workflow efficiency. It's like choosing the perfect tool for any trade - you need to know what tool to use and how to use it effectively if you want to excel. For me, I use Neovim as my editor and I have been using it for a little over a year now.
  • Let's See Your Terminal
    2 projects | dev.to | 16 Apr 2024
    This got me thinking about my recent pivot, my switch to Neovim by way of LazyVim to write most of my code, and using tmux to keep terminal states alive after closing a session.
  • Level Up Your Dev Workflow: Conquer Web Development with a Blazing Fast Neovim Setup (Part 1)
    12 projects | dev.to | 16 Mar 2024
    Neovim: Make sure you have Neovim installed on your system. You can check the official website for installation instructions: https://neovim.io/ Git: We'll be using Git to clone the LazyVim starter pack. If you don't have Git, you can download it from https://git-scm.com/downloads
  • Helix - Front-End Power
    8 projects | dev.to | 12 Mar 2024
  • Neovim
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Mar 2024

vim9

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim9. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-16.
  • Which version of Vim do you use?
    5 projects | /r/vim | 16 Mar 2023
    According to some of the original benchmarks Bram and others did, yes, by a small margin.
  • So, is your main editor Vim or Neovim?
    15 projects | /r/vim | 4 Jul 2022
    I can't comment on the language, but Bram wrote up motivations in brammool/vim9.
  • Update on Vim9
    2 projects | /r/vim | 30 Dec 2021
  • This is fucking hilarious
    1 project | /r/linuxmemes | 28 Nov 2021
  • Vim 9 - Update
    3 projects | /r/vim | 21 Apr 2021
  • Wheel: Navigation framework for Vim: buffer groups, mru, outline, yank
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Feb 2021
    I don't see why you would write a plugin in VimL in 2021. I mean even VimL's author decided to just create a new language — vim9 script — instead of fixing this one [1].

    With neovim rpc you can write glorious plugins in TypeScript and Python such as coc.nvim [2].

    Other than that, I'm inspired by amount of work you put in the project.

    [1]: https://github.com/brammool/vim9#3-better-vim-script

  • Todo List for Vim
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jan 2021
    I think its cryptic reputation comes form the use of normal mode commands and regex within scripts. There certainly are warts, like the user's 'ignorecase' setting permeating to many places in the runtime. Which I'd love to see fixed and whilst may also represent a breaking change for some scripts would be far more easily adoptable.

    [1] https://github.com/brammool/vim9/blob/master/README.md

What are some alternatives?

When comparing neovim and vim9 you can also consider the following projects:

helix - A post-modern modal text editor.

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

neovide - No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust

macvim - Vim - the text editor - for macOS

doom-emacs - An Emacs framework for the stubborn martian hacker [Moved to: https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs]

vim9jit - a vim9script -> lua transpiler (written in Rust)

AstroVim - AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins [Moved to: https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim]

vim-win32-installer - Vim Win32 Installer

LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

vim-oscyank - A Vim plugin to copy text through SSH with OSC52

vim-polyglot - A solid language pack for Vim.

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

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