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vim vs neovim on Hacker News

Across 2007–2026 of Hacker News, vim leads vim vs neovim with 72,882 mentions to neovim’s 9,656, peaking in Jul 2023.

Mention-over-time for vim vs neovim, overlaid across 2007–2026 of Hacker News. Each line is a live date-histogram over ~45M posts and comments, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

vim72,882 mentions, peak Jul 2023neovim9,656 mentions, peak Sep 2022
2008201120142017202020232026
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How the lead changed hands

Succession within a dynasty: vim leads through the 2010s, then its own fork neovim ignites 2021–23 and takes the lead as the community migrates.

The stories behind each line

Top “vim” stories
  1. How to Exit Vim 1,111 points · 2020
  2. Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim 775 points · 2017
  3. How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim 703 points · 2019
  4. Show HN: I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster 667 points · 2021
Top “neovim” stories
  1. Neovim 879 points · 2014
  2. Neovim 0.5 is overpowering 753 points · 2021
  3. Leap: Neovim’s Answer to the Mouse 608 points · 2022
  4. GitHub Copilot available for JetBrains and Neovim 540 points · 2021

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