# Install neovim-qt with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Neovim GUI, in Qt. Version 0.2.19 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install neovim-qt. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:neovim-qt ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install neovim-qt ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install neovim-qt ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: editors/neovim-qt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install neovim-qt ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: neovim-qt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install neovim-qt ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neovim-qt from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#neovim-qt ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-qt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S neovim-qt ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: neovim-qt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install extras/neovim-qt ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/neovim-qt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id equalsraf.neovim-qt -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: equalsraf.neovim-qt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:neovim-qt - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.2.19 - **Source summary:** Neovim GUI, in Qt - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T18:53:43+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - nvim-qt (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.2.19 ## Project history and usage Neovim Qt is a lightweight cross-platform Neovim GUI written in C++ with Qt. It is part of the older wave of Neovim GUI clients that demonstrated the editor's external UI model soon after Neovim split from Vim. ### Project history The `equalsraf/neovim-qt` repository was created on 2014-05-26, only months after the Neovim repository itself. Its README describes a Neovim client library and GUI in Qt5 and frames the application as available wherever Qt is supported. The project has a long 0.2.x release line: v0.2.0 appeared in 2016, v0.2.18 in 2023, and v0.2.19 in 2025. The README documents an important packaging transition: before Neovim 0.10.0, Neovim Qt was bundled with Neovim releases on Windows; starting with Neovim 0.10.0, users install Neovim and Neovim Qt separately. ### Adoption history Neovim Qt had 1,995 stars and 181 forks when queried on 2026-07-01. It is listed on Neovim's site among popular GUIs, but its Homebrew analytics are modest: 44 installs in 30 days, 130 in 90 days, and 646 in 365 days. Its broader adoption story is distribution packaging rather than hype: the README lists Homebrew, Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, winget, Chocolatey-era Neovim bundles, and Windows binaries. ### How it is used Users run `nvim-qt`, which starts or points at a Neovim binary. GUI-specific configuration goes in `ginit.vim`, where users set fonts, GUI tabline behavior, popup menu behavior, scrollbar options, and context-menu mappings. The practical niche is conservative GUI Neovim: Qt widgets, native-ish packaging, stable cross-platform behavior, and a familiar Vim/Neovim configuration model instead of a heavily opinionated editor shell. ### Why package nerds care Neovim Qt matters historically because it arrived early enough to validate Neovim's decoupled UI architecture. Its formula is less fashionable than newer GUI clients, but it remains a useful package-manager marker for the mature Neovim GUI ecosystem. ### Timeline - {'date': '2014-05-26', 'event': 'The `equalsraf/neovim-qt` repository was created.'} - {'date': '2016-05-18', 'event': 'Release v0.2.0 was published.'} - {'date': '2024-05-16', 'event': 'Neovim v0.10.0 was tagged; Neovim Qt documents separate Windows installation from this Neovim version onward.'} - {'date': '2025-01-22', 'event': 'Release v0.2.19 was published.'} ### Related projects - Neovim - Neovim third-party GUIs - equalsraf/neovim-gui-shim ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - neovim-qt - 0.2.19-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: neovim-qt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | neovim client library and GUI | https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt - Nix - neovim-qt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/neovim-qt/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - neovim-qt - 0.2.18-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: neovim-qt from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | neovim client library and GUI | https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt - dnf - neovim-qt - 0.2.19-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: neovim-qt from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Qt GUI for Neovim | https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt - pacman - neovim-qt - 0.2.19-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: neovim-qt from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | GUI for Neovim | https://github.com/equalsraf/neovim-qt - MacPorts - neovim-qt: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: editors/neovim-qt/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - extras/neovim-qt: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/neovim-qt.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - equalsraf.neovim-qt: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: equalsraf.neovim-qt from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/neovim-qt.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/neovim-qt.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph