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Neovide vs VV

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Neovide

8.5
Developer Tools

Neovim Client

VV

7.0
Developer Tools

Neovim client

Metric Neovide VV
Category Developer Tools Developer Tools
AI Score 8.5 7.0
30-day Installs 604 5
90-day Installs 1.7K 17
365-day Installs 5.9K 93
Version 0.16.2 2.6.2
Auto-updates No No
Deprecated No No
GitHub Stars 14.8K 224
GitHub Forks 601 5
Open Issues 263 20
License MIT MIT
Language Rust TypeScript
Last GitHub Commit 1mo ago 2mo ago
First Seen Apr 14, 2022 Sep 9, 2019

Reviews

Neovide

Neovide is a sleek, cross-platform GUI for Neovim, offering smooth scrolling and cursor animations. It's built with Rust for performance and is ideal for users seeking a modern, distraction-free Neovim experience.

Provides a graphical interface for Neovim with enhanced visual features.

Pros

  • + Cross-platform support
  • + Smooth scrolling and cursor animations
  • + Rust-based for performance
  • + Customizable interface
  • + Enhanced terminal experience

Cons

  • - No auto-update feature
  • - Limited customization beyond Neovim

VV

VV is a sleek Neovim client designed for macOS, offering a modern graphical interface for the popular text editor. It provides a user-friendly experience with features like a clean design and integration with macOS workflows, making it ideal for developers who prefer a GUI over the terminal.

VV serves as a graphical user interface client for Neovim, enhancing the text editing experience with a modern macOS design.

Pros

  • + Provides a modern GUI for Neovim, enhancing usability
  • + Actively maintained with responsive developers
  • + Open-source under the MIT license

Cons

  • - Relatively low adoption, indicated by install count
  • - May not appeal to terminal-only Neovim users