Windows

1. Extract nvim-win32.zip (or nvim-win64.zip)
2. Double-click nvim-qt.exe

macOS

1. Download nvim-macos.tar.gz
2. Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos.tar.gz
3. Run: ./nvim-osx64/bin/nvim

Linux (x64)

1. Download nvim.appimage
2. Run: chmod u+x nvim.appimage && ./nvim.appimage
   • If your system does not have FUSE you can extract the appimage:

     ./nvim.appimage --appimage-extract
     ./squashfs-root/usr/bin/nvim
     

Release Notes

FEATURES: 07499a8 #8709 man.vim: C highlighting for EXAMPLES section 07f82ad #8699 TUI: urxvt: also send xterm focus-reporting seqs 40911e4 #8616 API: emit nvim_buf_lines_event from :terminal c46997a #8546 fillchars: Add "eob" flag

FIXES: 74d19f6 #8576 startup: avoid blank stdin buffer if other files were opened 4874214 #8737 Only waitpid() for processes that we care about cd6e7e8 #8743 Check all child processes for exit in SIGCHLD handler c230ef2 #8746 channel.c: Prevent channel_destroy_early() from freeing uninitialized rpc stuff 0ed8b12 #8681 transstr_buf: fix length comparison d241f278 #8708 TUI: Fix standout mode 9afed40 #8698 man.vim: fix for mandoc e889640 #8682 provider/node: npm --loglevel silent 1cbc830 #8613 API: nvim_win_set_cursor: set curswant bf6048e #8628 checkhealth: Python: fix VIRTUAL_ENV check 3cc3506 #8528 checkhealth: node.js: also search yarn

CHANGES: b751449 #8619 defaults: shortmess+=F 1248178 #8578 highlight: high-priority CursorLine if fg is set. 01570f1 #8726 terminal: handle &confirm and :confirm on unloading 56065bb #8721 screen: truncate showmode messages bf2460e #7551 buffer: fix copying :setlocal options c1c14fa #8520 Ex mode: always "improved" (gQ) 050f397 #7992 options: remove 'maxcombine` option (always 6)

INTERNAL: 463da84 #7992 screen: use UTF-8 representation