# equalsraf/neovim-qt

Neovim client library and GUI, in Qt6.

Repository: https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/neovim-qt
Homepage: https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/wiki
Language: C++
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: qt, neovim-guis, neovim
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:00:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4482, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 581, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2000, forks 182 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.305969+00:00)

## What it is
Neovim Qt is a lightweight cross-platform graphical front-end (GUI) for the Neovim text editor, written in C++ with Qt6. It also provides a client library for embedding Neovim in Qt applications.

## Use cases
- run neovim with a native gui window
- use neovim on windows without a terminal
- embed neovim in a qt application
- get a lightweight neovim gui on linux
- configure gui fonts and colors for neovim

## When to choose
- you want a native desktop GUI for Neovim on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- you need a lightweight alternative to terminal-based Neovim
- you want to embed Neovim in a Qt-based application

## When to avoid
- you prefer running Neovim inside a terminal
- you need a GUI toolkit other than Qt
- you want a fully self-contained editor rather than a Neovim front-end

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, qt6, text-editor, vim, gui-client, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- equalsraf/neovim-qt (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.305969+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:07.190074+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.305969+00:00, sha 37fcaeebde6b)
  - homepage: https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt/wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T10:41:45.926532+00:00, sha a74ce81eeed8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.