vscode-neovim
Shares rank 3 of 5 vs code extensions by recommenders
Runs real Neovim inside VS Code instead of emulating Vim. One critic reports undo history can fall out of sync with VS Code.
Runs real Neovim inside VS Code instead of emulating Vim. One critic reports undo history can fall out of sync with VS Code.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Uses real Neovim, not emulation
“connects to an actual Neovim instance via Neovim's MessagePack-RPC API, allowing you to use real Neovim but native in VS Code. Pretty cool!”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Emacs Turns 50” “it works way better then the Vim extension since it passes commands to neovim instead of using emulation”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “Neovim 0.12.0” “the vscode plugin for neovim is able to provide a near complete vim experience”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs” Works surprisingly well these days
“the neovim extension in vscode is also very good these days”
Comment from 18 May 2026 in “No More JetBrains Products for Me” “so far it works surprisingly well”
Comment from 23 Sep 2026 in “VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)”
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The four most recommended other vs code extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VS Code Remote SSH | 22 | 27 | 45% | 8 | — | — |
| Fresh File Explorer | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| vscode-neovimThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 6 | — | — |
| GitLens | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
| Calva | 5 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“connects to an actual Neovim instance via Neovim's MessagePack-RPC API, allowing you to use real Neovim but native in VS Code. Pretty cool!”
“so far it works surprisingly well”
“the neovim extension in vscode is also very good these days”
“it works way better then the Vim extension since it passes commands to neovim instead of using emulation”
“undo stack wasn’t shared with VSCode and would get out of sync”
“That vscode-neovim plugin alone (not vscode-vim) is likely sufficient.”
“the vscode plugin for neovim is able to provide a near complete vim experience”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.