Alternatives to Neovide
A cross-platform graphical interface for Neovim that adds smooth animations and other visual improvements. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Neovide
A cross-platform graphical interface for Neovim that adds smooth animations and other visual improvements.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Neovide.
MacVim
A port of the Vim text editor that runs as a native macOS application.
MacVim provides a native graphical window for classic Vim rather than Neovim, working with existing Vim configuration, but it runs only on macOS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Neovim
A modern rewrite of Vim with a built-in language server client, Lua configuration and an embeddable API.
LazyVim
A Neovim setup built on lazy.nvim that turns Neovim into a preconfigured IDE.
NvChad
A Neovim configuration base with fast startup, built-in UI plugins and dozens of themes.
AstroNvim
A ready-made Neovim configuration with preset plugins, language tooling and a modular structure.
Neogit
An interactive Git interface for Neovim, modelled on Emacs Magit.
Diffview.nvim
A Neovim plugin for cycling through diffs of all modified files for any Git revision.
