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VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS in Swift

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# VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS

[Download](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/releases) • [Documentation](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/wiki)

![Screenshot 1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qvacua/vimr/develop/resources/screenshot1.png)
![Screenshot 2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qvacua/vimr/develop/resources/screenshot2.png)

## About

VimR is a Neovim GUI for macOS written in Swift.

The goal is to build an editor that uses Neovim inside with some of the convenient
GUI features similar to those present in other editors.

There are other Neovim GUIs for macOS,
see the [list](https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Related-projects#gui), so why VimR?

- Play around with [Neovim](https://github.com/qvacua/neovim),
- Play around with the main idea of Redux architecture, and
- (most importantly) have fun!

If you feel chatty, there is a chat room: <https://matrix.to/#/#vimr:matrix.org>

If you want to support VimR financially, use [Github's Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/qvacua).

## Download

Pre-built Universal signed and notarized binaries can be found under [Releases](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/releases).

## Requirements

- macOS 13.0 or later
- Development: Xcode 26

## Reusable Components

VimR is built with a modular architecture. The following Swift packages can be used independently:

* [NvimView](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/tree/master/NvimView): SwiftPM module containing an NSView which bundles everything needed to embed Neovim in a Cocoa app, including the Neovim binary and runtime files.
* [NvimApi](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/tree/master/NvimApi): Synchronous and asynchronous API for Neovim.
* [Commons](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/tree/master/Commons): Common utilities and helpers used across the project.
* [Tabs](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/tree/master/Tabs): Tab bar component.
* [Workspace](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/tree/master/Workspace): Workspace management component.
* [Ignore](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/tree/master/Ignore): Gitignore-style pattern matching using [wildmatch](https://github.com/davvid/wildmatch).

## Features

* Markdown preview
* Generic HTML preview (retains the scroll position when reloading)
* Fuzzy file finder a la Xcode's "Open Quickly..."
* Trackpad support: Pinching for zooming and two-finger scrolling.
* Ligatures: Turned off by default. Turn it on in the Preferences.
* Command line tool.
* (Simple) File browser
* Flexible workspace model a la JetBrain's IDEs

## How to Build

Clone this repository. Install `homebrew`, then in the project root:

```bash
git submodule update --init

xcode-select --install # install the Xcode command line tools, if you haven't already
brew bundle # install dependencies, e.g., build tools for Neovim
clean=true notarize=false trust_plugins=true ./bin/build_vimr.sh
```

*   `trust_plugins=true`: Skips the interactive package plugin validation (SwiftLint), allowing the build to proceed in a non-interactive shell.
*   `notarize=false`: Skips the Apple notarization process and performs an ad-hoc signature instead.

The built application will be located at `./build/Build/Products/Release/VimR.app`.

For convenience, you can use the helper script to build and overwrite the application in `/Applications`:

```bash
./bin/build_and_install_local_release.sh
```

## Development

See [DEVELOP.md](DEVELOP.md).

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/qvacua/vimr/blob/master/LICENSE)