# Install neovim with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Ambitious Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility. Version 0.12.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:neovim ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install neovim ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install neovim ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/neovim/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add neovim ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neovim from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install neovim ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: neovim from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install neovim ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neovim from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#neovim ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: neovim from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S neovim ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: neovim from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install neovim ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: neovim from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install neovim ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: neovim from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','naps2' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/neovim ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/neovim.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id Neovim.Neovim -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: Neovim.Neovim from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:neovim - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.12.4 - **Source summary:** Ambitious Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T23:07:25Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - nvim (cli) - nvim (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - libuv - lpeg - luajit - luv - tree-sitter - unibilium - utf8proc ## Build dependencies - cmake - gettext ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.12.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/neovim/neovim - Upstream latest detected: v0.12.4 (current) ## Project history and usage Neovim is a Vim fork focused on extensibility, usability, maintainability, and embeddable/editor-as-engine architecture. It is the significant package in this batch: the other Neovim-related packages exist largely because Neovim exposed APIs, RPC, and UI surfaces that support external clients and workflow tools. ### Project history The `neovim/neovim` repository was created on 2014-01-31, and the project's wiki introduction existed by 2014-03-07. The README describes Neovim as an effort to aggressively refactor Vim in order to simplify maintenance, distribute work across contributors, enable advanced UIs without core changes, and maximize extensibility. Neovim v0.1.0 was tagged on 2015-11-01. Later milestone lines made the fork feel less like a cleanup project and more like a modern editor platform: embedded terminal support, job control, MessagePack RPC, external UIs, Lua scripting and configuration, LSP, Tree-sitter, and a growing package/plugin ecosystem. ### Adoption history By 2026-07-01, GitHub metadata showed about 100,837 stars and 6,942 forks. Homebrew analytics listed 41,028 installs in 30 days, 137,631 in 90 days, and 513,070 in 365 days, far beyond the satellite GUI/helper packages in this batch. Adoption is visible across package managers and operating systems: the README points to managed packages in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Void, Gentoo, and more, while the input record also lists Chocolatey, Scoop, winget, MacPorts, Nix, apk, pacman, dnf, and zypper package names. The ecosystem role changed over time. Early adopters cared about async jobs, remote plugins, terminal integration, and a cleaned-up codebase. Later adopters often arrive through Lua-first configuration, built-in LSP, Tree-sitter-driven editing, plugin managers, and distributions/configurations that use Neovim as a programmable editor platform. ### How it is used Users run `nvim` directly in terminals, set it as `$EDITOR`, embed it into GUIs or IDEs, run it headless for scripting, or configure it through `init.vim` and `init.lua` under the XDG config directory. The project keeps Vim's editing model and Vimscript compatibility while exposing newer Lua and API workflows. Package nerds tend to care about Neovim's build and runtime boundaries: it is a standalone editor package, a shared dependency for GUI clients such as Neovide and Neovim Qt, and a target process for helpers such as `nvr`. Its package freshness matters because plugins and external clients often depend on relatively new API behavior. ### Why package nerds care Neovim is one of the clearest examples of a Unix-y tool becoming a platform through stable APIs instead of a single monolithic GUI. In package databases, it should be enriched not just as an editor, but as an ecosystem root for Lua plugins, LSP workflows, external UIs, headless automation, and Vim-compatible terminal editing. ### Timeline - {'date': '2014-01-31', 'event': 'The `neovim/neovim` GitHub repository was created.'} - {'date': '2014-03-07', 'event': 'The Neovim wiki Introduction page was created.'} - {'date': '2015-11-01', 'event': 'Neovim v0.1.0 was tagged.'} - {'date': '2021-07-02', 'event': 'Neovim v0.5.0 was tagged, a major milestone for Lua-era configuration and plugin development.'} - {'date': '2024-05-16', 'event': 'Neovim v0.10.0 was tagged.'} - {'date': '2026-06-10', 'event': 'Neovim v0.12.3 was published as the stable release line represented in Homebrew on 2026-07-01.'} ### Related projects - Vim - Neovide - Neovim Qt - neovim-remote - vscode-neovim - Firenvim - Tree-sitter - LuaJIT - libuv ### Sources - - - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.lua, ~/.config/nvim/init.vim, ~/.config/nvim/init.lua - Windows: ~/AppData/Local/nvim/init.vim, ~/AppData/Local/nvim/init.lua ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** neovim - **Aliases:** nvim - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - neovim - 0.10.4-8: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: neovim from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | heavily refactored vim fork | https://neovim.io/ - Debian apt - neovim-runtime - 0.10.4-8: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: neovim-runtime from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | heavily refactored vim fork (runtime files) | https://neovim.io/ - Nix - neovim: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: neovim from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - neovim - 0.9.5-6ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: neovim from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | heavily refactored vim fork | https://neovim.io/ - Ubuntu apt - neovim-runtime - 0.9.5-6ubuntu2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: neovim-runtime from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | heavily refactored vim fork (runtime files) | https://neovim.io/ - apk - neovim - 0.12.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neovim from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility | https://neovim.io/ - apk - neovim-doc - 0.12.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neovim-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility (documentation) | https://neovim.io/ - apk - neovim-lang - 0.12.2-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: neovim-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package neovim | https://neovim.io/ - dnf - neovim - 0.12.2-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neovim from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility | https://neovim.io - pacman - neovim - 0.12.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: neovim from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Fork of Vim aiming to improve user experience, plugins, and GUIs | https://neovim.io - zypper - neovim - 0.12.2-4.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: neovim from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility | https://neovim.io/ - zypper - neovim-lang - 0.12.2-4.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: neovim-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package neovim | https://neovim.io/ - MacPorts - neovim: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/neovim/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - neovim: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: neovim from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','naps2' - Scoop - main/neovim: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/neovim.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Neovim.Neovim: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Neovim.Neovim from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - 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[neovide](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neovide/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [neovim-qt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neovim-qt/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [neovim-remote](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/neovim-remote/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [nvimpager](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nvimpager/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [page](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/page/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [code-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/code-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor. - [hexer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor, terminal. - [hyx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hyx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor, terminal. - [fzy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fzy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, vim. - [hexhog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hexhog/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor. - [macvim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/macvim/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, editor, vim. - [neovim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/neovim/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, editor, neovim. - [neovim](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/neovim/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/neovim.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/neovim.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph