macOS
brew install nvilocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install nviMacPorts ports tree · editors/nvi/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de nvi pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install nvilocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install nviMacPorts ports tree · editors/nvi/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
sudo apt install nviDebian stable package indexes · nvi · Source: deb.debian.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#nvinixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/nv/nvi/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
sudo dnf install nexFedora Rawhide package metadata · nex · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org
aperçu
44BSD re-implementation of vi
historique
nvi is the Berkeley-line reimplementation of ex/vi: a small, traditional vi rather than a Vim-family editor. In package-manager terms it is the BSD vi option people install when they want historical ex/vi behavior with nvi's later conveniences.
The nvi source describes the editor as a reimplementation of the ex/vi editors from 4BSD. Keith Bostic's Berkeley Vi page says the source is freely available and redistributable, and lists features that distinguished nvi from old vi, including multiple edit buffers, command-line editing, path completion, tag stacks with cscope support, extended regular expressions, infinite undo, horizontal scrolling, message catalogs, and early Perl/Tcl scripting support.
The repo.or.cz README records the deeper lineage: nvi was originally derived from Steve Kirkendall's elvis vi clone, uses Henry Spencer's POSIX-style regular expression code, and retains acknowledgements to Bill Joy and Mark Horton from original vi. The maintained repo also shows ongoing maintenance by Sven Verdoolaege.
nvi's adoption is mostly Unix/BSD preservation rather than hype-cycle growth. It appears in Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and related package sets as the classic 44BSD vi reimplementation, while Homebrew's formula distributes version 1.81.6 as bottled packages for macOS and Linux.
Homebrew marks the formula deprecated. That does not erase nvi's historical role, but it does show the Homebrew package has become a legacy editor package rather than an actively expanding developer-tool ecosystem.
Users run nvi directly as `nvi`, `nex`, or `nview` for vi, ex, and read-only view workflows. Package nerds pick it for low-dependency POSIX-ish editing, scripts or muscle memory built around vi/ex behavior, and systems where Vim or Neovim would be more editor than needed.
The practical distinction is that nvi aims to preserve ex/vi semantics while adding careful terminal-era quality-of-life features. It is a good fit for editing config files, working over remote shells, and testing vi-compatible behavior.
nvi is significant because it carries the Berkeley vi branch into modern package managers. It is not the most popular vi implementation, but it is one of the reference points for what 'real vi' means on BSD-like systems.
Its package story is also a reminder that some important packages are maintained as infrastructure memory: small install counts, old code, and still useful when compatibility matters.
posture de sécurité
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
exécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
nex | cli | exécutable global | |
nvi | cli | exécutable global | |
nview | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:nvi |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.81.6 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nvi |
| Page d'accueil | https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git |
| Dépôt | https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git |
| Docs amont | https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git |
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Archive source | https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/nvi/nvi_1.81.6.orig.tar.gz |
| Dernière mise à jour | 2026-06-28T21:02:37+01:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dépendances | berkeley-db@5 |
| Dépendances de compilation | autoconf, automake, libtool, xz |
| Bibliothèques fournies par macOS | ncurses |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | nvi |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 6 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | yes |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
nvi 1.81.6-23
4.4BSD re-implementation of vi
sudo apt install nvinvi-doc 1.81.6-23
4.4BSD re-implementation of vi - documentation files
sudo apt install nvi-docnvi
nix profile install nixpkgs#nvinvi 1.81.6-21
4.4BSD re-implementation of vi
sudo apt install nvinvi-doc 1.81.6-21
4.4BSD re-implementation of vi - documentation files
sudo apt install nvi-docnvi
sudo port install nvinex 0.0.0+git.2021.03.30.1a3320dab9-3
lexer similar to Lex/Flex - cli
sudo apt install nexnex
nix profile install nixpkgs#nexnex 0.0.0+git.2021.03.30.1a3320dab9-2
lexer similar to Lex/Flex - cli
sudo apt install nexnex 20210330-18.fc44
A lexer generator for Go that is similar to Lex/Flex
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~blynn/nex/
sudo dnf install nexpiste source
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