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<h1>Vision</h1>

<p>
Neovim is a refactor, and sometimes redactor, in the tradition of Vim (which
itself derives from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_%28text_editor%29">Stevie</a>).
It is not a rewrite but a continuation and extension of Vim. Many clones and
derivatives exist, some very clever—but none are Vim. Neovim is built
for users who want the good parts of Vim, and more.
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<h3>Goals</h3>

Extensible. Usable. Vim.

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  <li>Retain the character of Vim—fast, versatile, quasi-minimal.</li>
  <li>Enable new contributors, remove barriers to entry.</li>
  <li>Unblock plugin authors.</li>
  <li>Deliver a first-class Lua interface, as an alternative to Vimscript.</li>
  <li>Favor composability (long-term thinking) instead of new, incompatible concepts (short-term thinking).</li>
  <li>Leverage ongoing Vim development.</li>
  <li>Optimize "out of the box", for new users but especially regular users.</li>
  <li>Deliver a consistent cross-platform experience, targeting all libuv-supported platforms.</li>
  <li>In matters of taste/ambiguity, favor tradition/compatibility...</li>
  <li>...but prefer usability if the benefits are extreme.</li>
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<h3>Non-goals</h3>

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    <li>Support Vim9script</li>
    <li>Turn Vim into an IDE</li>
    <li>Limit third-party applications (such as IDEs!) built with Neovim</li>
    <li>Deprecate Vimscript</li>
    <li>Conform to POSIX vi</li>
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<h3>Project management</h3>

<ul>
    <li>Maintainers: <a href="https://github.com/orgs/neovim/people">Neovim team</a></li>
    <li>Maintainer notes: <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/blob/master/MAINTAIN.md">MAINTAIN.md</a></li>
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