Neovim

IDE / Editor · Terminal-native, keyboard-driven editing with deep extensibility

At a glance

Pricing	Free
Setup effort	Medium
Operating systems	macOS, Windows, Linux
Released	2015
Open source	Yes
Interface	Terminal/TUI
AI integration	AI via extension
Extensibility	Extensions
Languages	All major, via LSP
Capabilities	Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Remote dev, Lua scripting, Treesitter, LSP

Vim mode, Multi-cursor, Remote dev, Lua scripting, Treesitter, LSP

Terminal-native, keyboard-driven editing with deep extensibility

Continue.dev only supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Neovim.
Cursor built-in only runs inside the Cursor editor — your IDE is Neovim.
Cline only supports VS Code and JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Neovim.
Windsurf Cascade only runs inside Windsurf — your IDE is Neovim.
Sourcegraph Cody does not officially support Neovim — use VS Code, JetBrains, or Visual Studio.
Amazon Q Developer does not officially support Neovim — use VS Code or JetBrains.
JetBrains AI Assistant only runs inside JetBrains IDEs — your IDE is Neovim.
Qodo officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Neovim.
Roo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Neovim.
Kilo Code runs as a VS Code-compatible extension — your IDE is Neovim.
Zed Agent only runs inside the Zed editor — your IDE is Neovim.
Amp (Sourcegraph) officially supports VS Code and JetBrains — your IDE is Neovim. Use the CLI version otherwise.
Sourcegraph Cody (Enterprise) supports VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio — your IDE is Neovim.
Cursor CLI works in any terminal but needs an active Cursor subscription — your IDE is Neovim, which is fine but the cost is tied to Cursor.
@codebase indexing is a Cursor-only feature, but your IDE is Neovim.
Cursor Background Agents are dispatched from Cursor (desktop or mobile) — your IDE is Neovim.

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