Neovim-qt is a Neovim client library and GUI, using Qt5, a free and open-source widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms
In Neovim the GUI is an external process that communicates with the ‘nvim’ process using the |msgpack-rpc-api|. This separation means the GUI is just a particular type of plugin, as a consequence some functionality that was available in Vim is a NOOP in Neovim, or is still in the process of being specified.
Neovim-qt is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Support for GUI tabs.
- Multiple splits.
- Tab completion.
- Hover information.
- Multiple tabs.
- Ligatures support.
- Frameless support.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt
Support:
Developer: equalsraf, John Gehrig, and contributors
License: ISC License (functionally equivalent to the BSD 2-Clause and MIT licenses)
Neovim-qt is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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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