nvim VS neovim

Compare nvim vs neovim and see what are their differences.

nvim

My neovim config (by ChristianChiarulli)

neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability (by neovim)
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nvim neovim
17 1,384
941 76,465
- 2.7%
7.6 10.0
about 1 month ago 4 days ago
Lua Vim Script
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-10.

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 2024-04-23.

What are some alternatives?

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

darkplus.nvim

vim9 - An experimental fork of Vim, exploring ways to make Vim script faster and better.

codi.vim - :notebook_with_decorative_cover: The interactive scratchpad for hackers.

helix - A post-modern modal text editor.

telescope-terraform.nvim - Integration with the terraform CLI

neovide - No Nonsense Neovim Client in Rust

bat - A cat(1) clone with wings.

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

vim-orbital - Dark blue base16 theme for 256-color terminals

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]

ripgrep - ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

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