Firenvim

Turn your browser into a Neovim GUI.

What is Firenvim?

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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By: Ghjuvan Lacambre

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Users: 2,000+

Rating: 4.84 (31)

Version: 0.2.15 (Last updated: 2023-08-12)

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

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 19316 ▼ 167

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#5673 in Developer Tools ▼ 8 #284 in install keyword 99 ▲ 2

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Firenvim (v0.2.15)

4.83 (35) 421

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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

User reviews summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Full integration with Neovim
Fast editing and PR review
Constantly improving

Cons

Loading issues
Leaves 'nvim --headless' processes running
Instructions on GitHub have errors

Most mentioned

Full integration with Neovim
Fast editing and PR review
Loading issues

Recent reviews

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.

Hiroshi Yamamoto, 2024-04-12

Webブラウザ上でVimそのものが使えるようになります。たいへん便利です。

B̅, 2023-12-25

It seemed great at first, but it has a lot of problems. It doesn't load every time. The instructions at the GitHub repo are loaded with errors that you'll need to understand Lua to correct. Worst of all, it has a tendency to leave a lot "nvim --headless" processes running even after the browser has been closed. This is not malicious, but it's also not production quality.

Vince Aggrippino, 2023-05-09

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Safety

Risk impact

Firenvim may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.