CoVim VS instant.nvim

I followed https://github.com/FredKSchott/CoVim for a bit, but it died. Sadly because it is now archived I can't find the linked neovim issue ticked with some proposed functionality that would have made CoVim be able to work better and be more stable.

Something like this? https://github.com/FredKSchott/CoVim

CoVim Not actively developed and I’m not sure it even works anymore?

maybe this https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim.

For example, instant.nvim just shows where other clients are currently inserting. Assuming you don't do something daft like invite 500 strangers for a free-for-all, you shouldn't run into any problems.

You could also force your coworkers to use neovim and everyone can use https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim (/j)

This has already been working in other forms for years, see for example https://github.com/mhinz/neovim-remote which is now more or less discontinued because the respective core implementation is indeed better longterm (again - this is a difference because this implements an unopinionated extension protocol that’s now easy to deliver with the refactoring efforts, not an opinionated packaged solution). A useful and fuller experience for the special case of remote editing would be https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim for example, they also use this API principle you wanted to see - it’s just a nvim-server that is controlled remotely and you have an editor locally that acts as your direct interface (and you take this functionality into every other embedded solution!). And all of that is not just just somewhat fiddled solution but iterated solutions of the varying states of this feature implementation (on the path to neovim 1.0).

This plugin looks promising. https://github.com/jbyuki/instant.nvim

I've been keeping an eye on instant.nvim, though I haven't used it yet