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I'm building Nevi, a Rust terminal editor for Vim muscle memory

DEV Community·anthony amaro·about 1 month ago
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I’ve been working on a terminal editor called Nevi . It’s a fast, Neovim-inspired editor written in Rust, and the reason I started building it is pretty simple: I wanted an editor that felt modern and fast, but still respected the Vim/Neovim muscle memory I already have. I really like Neovim . It’s powerful, flexible, and I’ve spent years building muscle memory around it. But once your setup grows enough plugins and custom configuration, it can start to feel slower and harder to maintain. I also really like Zed . It’s fast, clean, and modern. But for me, the Vim mode still does not cover all of the keybindings and editing patterns I rely on daily. That friction adds up. Helix is great too, but it follows a different keybinding model. I respect the design, but I don’t personally want to retrain years of Vim/Neovim habits. So I started building Nevi. The goal is not to replace Neovim overnight.…

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