neatvi ☆

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Description:
Clone of ex/vi for editing bidirectional utf-8 text

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: text-editor vi cli unicode productivity

Install: brew install neatvi

About:
Neatvi is a lightweight clone of the classic ex/vi text editors, specifically engineered to handle bidirectional UTF-8 text correctly. It provides a minimalistic yet powerful interface for terminal-based editing. This makes it a robust choice for working in multilingual environments where right-to-left text support is essential.

Key Features:

Bidirectional UTF-8 text support
Minimalist and lightweight design
Vi/ex compatibility
Scriptable via the rc shell

Use Cases:

Editing source code or documentation in mixed LTR/RTL languages
System administration on resource-constrained environments
Vi users requiring native Unicode support

Alternatives:

Neovim – Neovim is a modern, extensible fork of Vim with a larger ecosystem, whereas Neatvi focuses on minimalism and bidirectional text support.
Vim – Vim is the ubiquitous standard; Neatvi offers a smaller footprint and specialized bidirectional handling.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 7:48am		0	VERSION_BUMP	91c22bc3