Neovim Nightly neovim.io
winget install --id=Neovim.Neovim.Nightly -e
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
Neovim Nightly is a hyperextensible text editor designed as a modern fork of Vim, focusing on extensibility and usability. Built with a client-server architecture, Neovim Nightly offers seamless integration across various environments while maintaining compatibility with Vim's core functionality.
Key Features:
- Extensible API: Designed to be discoverable, versioned, and documented, enabling powerful plugin development.
- MessagePack Communication: Facilitates structured communication for extensions in any language.
- Remote Plugins: Run safely and asynchronously as co-processes, enhancing performance and flexibility.
- Embeddability: Can be embedded into GUIs, IDEs, or web browsers, making it versatile for different use cases.
- Lua Plugin Support: Simplifies plugin creation with Lua, alongside continued support for Vimscript.
- AST Parsing Engine: Enables faster and more accurate syntax highlighting, code navigation, and refactoring.
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for developers and text editors seeking modern features without compromising on Vim's core functionality. Neovim Nightly provides a minimalist design with strong defaults, a built-in LSP client for semantic code inspection, and terminal integration that sets the standard for TTY components. Its cross-platform compatibility ensures consistent performance everywhere.
Install Neovim Nightly via winget to experience its blend of power and usability, tailored to enhance your development workflow without unnecessary complexity.