Firenvim

Turn your browser into a Neovim GUI.

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Firenvim: Transform Your Browser Into a Neovim GUI

Firenvim is a distinct Chrome extension that allows Neovim to be utilized directly within your browser. It sets itself apart from other similar extensions by avoiding the creation of another OS window. To capitalize on Firenvim's functionality, some prerequisites are necessary, such as installing the Chrome addon, Neovim >=0.4.0, and the firenvim Neovim plugin. After installing the firenvim Neovim plugin, the user should run ':call firenvim#install()'.

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Extension stats

By: Ghjuvan Lacambre

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.83

(30)

Version: 0.2.16 (Last updated: 2024-04-29)

Creation date: 2020-06-23

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

nativeMessaging
storage

Size: 332.80K

Email: co*****@lacamb.re

Ranking

# 18,986 ▲ 27

Other rankings

#7112 in Developer Tools ▼ 25

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Firenvim (v0.2.16)

4.84

(38) 438

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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This Chrome extension lets you use Neovim directly from your browser. Contrary to other extensions, it does not open a new OS window.

In order to install it you need:

This Chrome addon
Neovim >=0.4.0
The firenvim neovim plugin: https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim
Once the firenvim neovim plugin is installed, run :call firenvim#install()

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Life changer for spoiled nvimers
Fast editing and PR review
Great combination with other tools like Vimium
Works well for text areas
Allows using Neovim in the browser

Cons

Doesn't load every time
Instructions are error-prone and require knowledge of Lua
Leaves "nvim --headless" processes running after closing the browser
Some plugins can cause conflicts
Not considered production quality by some users

Most mentioned

Phenomenal
Simply badass
Awesome
Great extension
Neovim everything

User reviews

Life changer for spoiled nvimers. It's just a pain to have to use arrow keys in browser and this is the painkiller. (Tips: some nvim plugins will cause trouble (e.g., snacks dashboard), you will need to set to not load them when entering from firenvim)

Cqos, 2024-12-29

After 2 weeks of firevim, I've turned off this extension and gone back to viminium and w3m. I love the idea and I'd love to see firevim dev team to continue working on this. But for now this extension is getting in my way a lot. It's alternating one of the key workflows I value so I'm sorry I'm disabling firevim. This is definitely a dream extension to have. Thank you for developing this. May be I'll use it again for some automation hack in the future, but for now I gotta say it's far from production quality.