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GNU Emacs vs Neovim

A side-by-side look at GNU Emacs and Neovim. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GNU Emacs

GNU Emacs

Development

GNU Emacs is a popular, open source text editor and computing environment. It runs on most operating systems and provides extensibility through an Emacs Lisp interpreter.

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Neovim

Neovim

Development

Neovim is a hyperextensible Vim-based text editor. It aims to improve Vim by refactoring the source code to allow greater plugin development and extension. It offers the familiar keybindings and modes of Vim with a streamlined codebase for customization.

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