Envim is an Electron-based frontend for Neovim. It isn’t a standalone editor, but a graphical interface that connects to a Neovim installation on the local system or to Neovim running as a server.
The project is written mainly in TypeScript, uses Electron and React, and is designed to expose Neovim’s external UI capabilities in a desktop application.
This is free and might be considered open source software. Strictly speaking CC0 isn’t OSI-approved.
Key Features
- Provides a desktop graphical frontend for Neovim.
- Requires Neovim and Node.js to build and run.
- Can connect to a local Neovim installation or to Neovim running as a server.
- Supports Neovim external UI features including multigrid, command-line, tabline, popup menu, messages, and highlight state.
- Includes build targets for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
- Uses Electron, React, TypeScript, and Lua components.
Website: github.com/tksrsk/envim
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Developer: tksrsk
License: CC0 1.0 Universal
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Related Software
| Neovim GUIs | Language | |
|---|---|---|
| Neovim-qt | Neovim client library and GUI using Qt5 | C++ |
| GoNeovim | Forked from Gonvim. Uses Qt binding | Go |
| FVim | Uses the Avalonia XAML-based UI framework | F# |
| Neovide | No nonsense client | Rust |
| GNvim | Rich GUI without any web bloat | Rust |
| NVUI | Modern frontend | C++ |
| glrnvim | GPU-accelerated Neovim GUI | Rust |
| NyaoVim | Web-enhanced extensible Neovim frontend | TypeScript |
| neovim-gtk | Uses gtk-rs bindings | Rust |
| Neoray | Uses GLFW and OpenGL bindings | Go |
| Envim | Electron-based frontend for Neovim | TypeScript |
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