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Install pyvim with Homebrew
Pure Python Vim clone. Version 3.0.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Pure Python Vim clone
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Project history and usage
pyvim is an experimental, pure-Python Vim-like terminal editor built on prompt-toolkit.
Project history
Jonathan Slenders created pyvim after developing prompt-toolkit. Once prompt-toolkit had enough primitives for full-screen terminal interfaces, a small editor prototype became a way to test the toolkit's architecture and demonstrate its flexibility.
The project implemented Vim-like modes, windows, tabs, search and editor settings while integrating Python-oriented features such as Pygments highlighting, Jedi completion, and asynchronous Pyflakes checking. The official README also records performance and feature limitations relative to Vim.
Adoption history
pyvim was published as a Python package and later entered Homebrew. Its repository attracted substantial interest as both an editor experiment and a demonstration of prompt-toolkit, although the official documentation continues to describe important limitations compared with Vim.
How it is used
Users launch `pyvim` as a terminal editor and can alias `vi` or set the `EDITOR` environment variable to it. A `.pyvimrc` file can provide Python-based customization.
The official README cautions that pyvim remains less capable than Vim, particularly for large files and features such as folding and macros. It is therefore especially useful for experimentation with Python terminal UI and editor extensions.
Why package nerds care
pyvim is notable less as a drop-in Vim replacement than as a proof that a full-screen, modal terminal editor could be built in pure Python on prompt-toolkit. It exposed editor requirements that could feed improvements back into the underlying toolkit and related Python terminal applications.
Timeline
- Origins: pyvim began as a small proof of concept after prompt-toolkit gained the components needed for a full-screen editor.
- Development: Vim-like splits, tabs, settings, syntax highlighting, completion, and code checking were implemented.
- Package adoption: pyvim became installable through Python packaging and Homebrew.
Related projects
- prompt-toolkit is pyvim's terminal-interface foundation and the project from which pyvim originated.
- Vim supplied pyvim's modal-editor model and command vocabulary.
- ptpython is a related prompt-toolkit application mentioned by the author.
- Kaa, Vai, and Vis are listed as alternative editors in the official README.
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security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
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- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
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- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
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.pyvimrc
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Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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pyvim | cli | global executable |
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These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-09-19
manager version3.0.3
manager updated
local dataok
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https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/pyvim
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- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/pyvimnone confidence
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Package metadata
| Package key | brew:pyvim |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pyvim |
| Homepage | https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/pyvim |
| Repository | https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/pyvim |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Source archive | https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c3/31/04e144ec3a3a0303e3ef1ef9c6c1ec8a3b5ba9e88b98d21442d9152783c1/pyvim-3.0.3.tar.gz |
| Dependencies | python@3.14 |
| Bottle | available (on all) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | pyvim |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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