chipsenkbeil/distant.nvim

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1369 stars · 16 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Neovim plugin that wraps the distant CLI to let users edit remote files, run programs, and use LSP on remote machines from their local Neovim environment. It is alpha-stage software under rapid development, requiring Neovim 0.8+ and distant 0.20.x.

Use cases

• edit files on a remote server from local neovim
• run programs on a remote machine from my editor
• use LSP for code on a remote host
• connect to a remote machine over ssh and edit code
• remote development without mounting sshfs
• search and manage files on a remote filesystem from neovim

When to choose

• you want a native Neovim experience for editing files on remote servers
• you need to run remote processes or shells and see output locally
• you want LSP and editor tooling to work against remote codebases
• you prefer a single-binary client/server tool over sshfs or tramp-style setups

When to avoid

• you need battle-tested, stable software for production workflows (alpha stage, breaking changes)
• you only need simple file editing over ssh (built-in scp/ssh or sshfs may suffice)
• you don't use Neovim 0.8+ or can't install the distant binary on your servers

Facets

plugin · maturity experimental

editor file-system ssh developer-tools developer-tools text-editors cross-platform cross-platform windows editor-plugin neovim-plugin remote-development lua lsp remote-editing command-line neovim linux macos

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