Neovim vs TeXworks
Neovim
neovim.ioTeXworks
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| Figure | Neovim | TeXworks |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text Editors | 9.1 (#1) | 8.0 (#42) |
| Downloads | Stable downloads are provided for macOS x86_64 and arm64, Linux x86_64 and arm64, and Windows x86_64 and arm64. | The project lists Windows installers, macOS disk images, and GNU/Linux packages including AppImage, Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Flatpak, Gentoo, openSUSE, and Ubuntu. |
| Extensibility | Neovim provides a discoverable, versioned and documented API, ubiquitous RPC, Lua plugins and Tree-sitter parsing. | Its scripting support includes QtScript, Lua, and Python, with standalone and hook scripts and custom shortcuts. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| License | Neovim is licensed under Apache 2.0 except for parts contributed under the Vim license. | The code is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or, at the user's option, any later version. |
| Supported platforms | Linux,macOS,Windows,Android | Windows,macOS,GNU/Linux |
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In their own words
Neovim
Neovim is a free, Vim-based text editor built for extensibility and usability. It keeps Vim’s editing model and Vimscript v1 support, while configuration lives in init.lua and users can create Lua plugins. Its documented, versioned API and RPC let developers build extensions in many languages; GUIs, IDEs, and web browsers can also embed Neovim. Tree-sitter supports syntax highlighting and text objects, and built-in language-server support provides semantic code inspection and refactoring. Editing tools include multicursor command replay, macro recording, column editing, and large-file handling. A built-in terminal includes modern terminal features. Neovim supports Vim 8.x plugins and more. Stable downloads are listed for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with x86_64 and arm64 builds for each. Windows 8 or newer is required; Windows 7 and older are unsupported. It is licensed under Apache 2.0, with exceptions for parts contributed under the Vim license. Community support is available through GitHub Discussions and vi.stackexchange.com.
TeXworks
TeXworks is a free desktop application for authoring TeX, LaTeX and ConTeXt documents on Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux. Its Unicode-based, TeX-aware editor is intended to be accessible to casual and non-technical users, with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, spell-checking, templates, search and replace, and support for multiple encodings. An integrated PDF viewer synchronizes source and preview through SyncTeX. In the 0.6.x series, the viewer also has continuous scrolling, two-page view, text selection and copying, and a ruler. The usual workflow uses pdfTeX or XeTeX to produce PDFs, and DVI output can be configured. Users can configure TeX commands and run BibTeX or Makeindex; scripting support includes QtScript, Lua and Python. Typesetting requires a separate TeX distribution such as TeX Live or MiKTeX. The project lists Windows installers, macOS disk images and GNU/Linux packages. TeXworks is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version at the user's option.