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Neovim is a hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
Ways to support the project:
- https://github.com/sponsors/neovim
- https://store.neovim.io
- Have fun using it and spread the word
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Here is the demo of the basic workflow:
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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There were none, but here is the data just for you :)
There were 218 different commit authors in 2023, so there is a slight decrease here.

Top authors looks fairly similar also.
Table showing top commit authors in 2023. Top 3 are @zeertzjq (1307 commits), dundargoc (389 commits), Christian Clason (342 commits). Table showing top commit authors in 2023 per commit type. Top 3 are @zeertzjq (803 Vim patches), @zeertzjq again (228 fixes), and Christian Clason (205 Vim patches) .
January 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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In total 2111 files were affected with 230088 lines added and 175616 lines removed. This increased Neovim's total line count by 54472 lines.

Here are the biggest single commit additions and deletions. @bfredl.bsky.social is coming strong with removing 39171 lines in a single commit 💪
Table with information about commits that had the most lines added in 2024. Top 3 are "refactor: format test/*" by Justing M. Keyes, "build(deps): vendor libvterm at v0.3.3" by Christian Clason, and "test: port libvterm unit test to neovim test suite" by dundargoc. Table with information about commits that had the most lines removed in 2024. Top 3 are "refactor(multibyte): replace generated unicode tables with utf8proc" by bfredl, "vim-patch:336fb22: translation(vi): Update Vietnamese translation" by brianhuster, and "feat!: rewrite TOhtml in lua" by altermo.
December 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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191 people authored a commit in 2024. Huge thanks to everyone!

@zeertzjq made the most Vim patches, fixes, and tests
Christian Clason - builds
@bfredl.bsky.social - refactors
@lewis6991.bsky.social - features and performance
@dundargoc.bsky.social - CI
@justinkz.bsky.social - docs

More data:
Table showing top commit authors in 2024. Top 3 are @zeertzjq (1007 commits), Christian Clason (533 commits), and Lewis Russell (167 commits). Table showing top commit authors in 2024 per commit type. Top 3 are @zeertzjq (717 Vim patches), Christian Clason (407 Vim patches), and @zeertzjq again (137 fixes).
December 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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There were 2969 commits made in 2024. By far the most common commit type was 'vim-patch' (porting code change from Vim) which accounted for around 40% of all commits.

Here are top 10 most common commit types:
Table showing number of commits in 2024 per commit type. Top 3 are "vim-patch" (1209 commits), "fix" (681 commits), and "refactor" (291 commits).
December 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Merry Christmas everybody! Hope you have a lovely day/week/month/year/decade!
Here is a what Christmas (abstract syntax) tree looks like in Neovim HQ:
A screenshot of `:InspectTree` Neovim command with the content of abstract syntax tree that vaguely looks like Christmas tree.
December 25, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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December 10, 2024 at 9:08 AM
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Welcome to 1k followers. Really happy to see all of you!
Here is a little Easter egg as a treat.
This image is the output of some Neovim command. Do you know which one?
ASCII art of the popular "Grumpy cat" image.
November 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM