Neovim

Neovim 0.12.6

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

  • By neovim.io
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 9, 2026
Download for Windows

About Neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

What's new in 0.12.6

NVIM v0.12.6
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.1774638290
Release notes
- Changelog (fixes + features)
- News (:help news in Nvim)

Install

Windows

Zip

  • Download nvim-win64.zip (or nvim-win-arm64.zip for ARM)
  • Extract the zip
  • Run nvim.exe in your terminal

MSI
1. Download nvim-win64.msi (or nvim-win-arm64.msi for ARM)
2. Run the MSI
3. Run nvim.exe in your terminal
Note: On Windows "Server" you may need to install vcruntime*.dll.

macOS (x86_64)

  • Download nvim-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
  • Run xattr -c ./nvim-macos-x86_64.tar.gz (to avoid "unknown developer" warning)
  • Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
  • Run ./nvim-macos-x86_64/bin/nvim

macOS (arm64)

  • Download nvim-macos-arm64.tar.gz
  • Run xattr -c ./nvim-macos-arm64.tar.gz (to avoid "unknown developer" warning)
  • Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos-arm64.tar.gz
  • Run ./nvim-macos-arm64/bin/nvim

Linux (x86_64)
If your system does not have the required glibc version, try the (unsupported) builds for older glibc.

AppImage
1. Download nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage
2. Run chmod u+x nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage && ./nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage
- If your system does not have FUSE you can extract the appimage:
./nvim-linux-x86_64.appimage --appimage-extract
./squashfs-root/usr/bin/nvim

Tarball

  • Download nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
  • Extract: tar xzvf nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
  • Run ./nvim-linux-x86_64/bin/nvim

Linux (arm64)

AppImage
1. Download nvim-linux-arm64.appimage
2. Run chmod u+x nvim-linux-arm64.appimage && ./nvim-linux-arm64.appimage
- If your system does not have FUSE you can extract the appimage:
./nvim-linux-arm64.appimage --appimage-extract
./squashfs-root/usr/bin/nvim

Tarball

  • Download nvim-linux-arm64.tar.gz
  • Extract: tar xzvf nvim-linux-arm64.tar.gz
  • Run ./nvim-linux-arm64/bin/nvim

Other

  • Install by package manager

Full release notes »

Technical details

Publisherneovim.io
Version0.12.6
Release date2026-10-09
LicenseApache-2.0 AND Vim
Installer typewix
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDNeovim.Neovim

Links & install command

Install Neovim from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Neovim.Neovim -e

editornvim-qttextvivim

Older versions

  • 0.12.5
  • 0.12.4
  • 0.12.3
  • 0.12.2
  • 0.12.1
  • 0.12.0
  • 0.11.7
  • 0.11.6
  • 0.11.5