Nev – keyboard focused GUI and terminal text editor

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Nev

Nev is a fast, keyboard-driven text editor written in Nim that runs in the terminal and in a GUI. It combines ideas from Neovim, Helix, and Zed with builtin developer tools like Git integration, Treesitter syntax highlighting, LSP support, DAP debugging, and WASM plugins.

I'm developing Nev for fun and only work on it in my free time. Use at your own risk!

Features
Why Nev?
Supported Platforms
Prerequisites
Installation
Quick Start
Docs
Showcase
Contributing
License

Features

Vim motions
LSP
Syntax highlighting using Treesitter with support for nested languages
Debugging using DAP
Fuzzy search for various things
Sessions
WASM plugins
Basic git integration (list/diff/add/stage/unstage/revert changed files)
Builtin terminal emulator supporting multiple shells (e.g. bash, powershell, wsl)
Flexible layout system
Nice looking markdown
Undo Trees
And many more features...

Supported Platforms

Windows
Linux

Prerequisites

ripgrep to enable global search

Installation

Download the latest release or build from source.

Quick Start

Open a file or directory from the command line:

nev . # Open the current directory nev myfile.py # Open a specific file

Check out the cheatsheet and getting started guide for more info.

Inspirations

Important notes if you intend to use it

Nev currently only supports saving files as UTF-8 and without carriage return in line separators.
Language servers and debug adapters have to be installed manually at the moment; Treesitter parsers require Emscripten

Docs

Showcase

Debugging

Themes

Diagnostics and inlay hints

Diff View

Contributing

Nev is still relatively new, so many things are still missing or need improvement. If you want to contribute, check out CONTRIBUTING.md.

There is also a Discord server where you can ask questions.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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