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!

Table of Contents

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.

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.