Command-line tool

neovim

brew/neovim

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Ambitious Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility editor text vim vi nvim-qt

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Neovim.Neovim -e
scoop install neovim

macOS

brew install neovim

Linux

brew install neovim

Open a file

nvim path/to/file

Enter text editing mode (insert mode)

<Esc><i>

Copy ("yank") or cut ("delete") the current line (paste it with `<p>`)

<Esc><y><y>

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