![Neovim](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/neovim/neovim.github.io/master/logos/neovim-logo.png) [Website] | [Community] | [Wiki] | [Documentation] | [Mailing List] | [Twitter] | [Bountysource] [![Travis Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/neovim/neovim.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/neovim/neovim) [![AppVeyor Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/cf1jwc29198748we/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/neovim/neovim/branch/master) [![Pull requests waiting for review](https://badge.waffle.io/neovim/neovim.svg?label=RFC&title=RFCs)](https://waffle.io/neovim/neovim) [![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/neovim/neovim.svg)](https://coveralls.io/r/neovim/neovim) [![Coverity Scan Build](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/2227/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/2227) [![Clang Scan Build](http://neovim.io/doc/reports/clang/badge.svg)](http://neovim.io/doc/reports/clang) [![Gitter chat](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/neovim/neovim?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) Neovim is a project that seeks to aggressively refactor Vim in order to: - Simplify maintenance and encourage [contributions](CONTRIBUTING.md) - Split the work between multiple developers - Enable the implementation of new/modern UIs without modifications to the core - Improve extensibility with a new [plugin architecture](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Plugin-UI-architecture) For more details, see [the wiki](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Introduction)! [![Throughput Graph](https://graphs.waffle.io/neovim/neovim/throughput.svg)](https://waffle.io/neovim/neovim/metrics) What's been done so far ----------------------- - RPC API based on [MessagePack](https://msgpack.org) - Embedded [terminal emulator](https://neovim.io/doc/user/nvim_terminal_emulator.html) - Asynchronous [job control](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/2247) - [Shared data (shada)](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/2506) among multiple editor instances - [XDG base directories](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/3470) support - [libuv](https://github.com/libuv/libuv/)-based platform/OS/"mch" layer - [Pushdown automaton](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/3413) input model - 1000s of new tests - Legacy tests converted to Lua tests See [`:help nvim-features`][nvim-features] for a comprehensive list. What's being worked on now -------------------------- See the [Roadmap]. How do I get it? ---------------- There is a formula for OSX/homebrew, a PKGBUILD for Arch Linux, RPM, deb, and more. See [the wiki](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Installing-Neovim)! License ------- Neovim is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license, except for parts that were contributed under the Vim license. - Contributions committed before [b17d96][license-commit] remain under the Vim license. - Contributions committed after [b17d96][license-commit] are licensed under Apache 2.0 unless those contributions were copied from Vim (identified in the commit logs by the `vim-patch` token). See `LICENSE` for details. Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see the kcc section of the vim docs or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs: http://iccf-holland.org/ http://www.vim.org/iccf/ http://www.iccf.nl/ You can also sponsor the development of Vim. Vim sponsors can vote for features. The money goes to Uganda anyway. [Website]: http://neovim.io [Community]: http://neovim.io/community/ [Wiki]: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki [Documentation]: http://neovim.io/doc [Mailing List]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/neovim [Twitter]: http://twitter.com/Neovim [Bountysource]: https://www.bountysource.com/teams/neovim [license-commit]: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/b17d9691a24099c9210289f16afb1a498a89d803 [nvim-features]: https://neovim.io/doc/user/vim_diff.html#nvim-features [Roadmap]: https://neovim.io/roadmap/