Neovim
Neovim is a free, open-source, Vim-derived text editor focused on extensibility and modern editor features while preserving Vim’s modal editing model and broad command compatibility.
It adds a built-in, scriptable terminal emulator, asynchronous job control, and a plugin manager (vim.pack) that installs, updates, and deletes external plugins straight from your config, though the Neovim docs still label it experimental.
It also bundles a tree-sitter parser that builds a syntax tree of your code for fast, accurate syntax highlighting, code navigation, and text objects. It supports Lua as a first-class configuration and scripting language via an embedded Lua engine.
Neovim also includes a built-in language server protocol (LSP) client, which can connect to external language servers to enable IDE-like features, such as diagnostics, go-to-definition, code actions, and others.
Official website: neovim.io
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