Neovide is a sweeeeet GUI for Neovim, but I had two annoying issues.
- When multiple instances are running, it is hard to switch between them as each instance is a separate macOS process, and all the processes are named
neovidein the⌘ ⇥list. - Often, I accidentally run a project that is already running, resulting in a Neovim error related to existing swap files.
So, what NeoHub offers?
- Global hotkey to show a switcher between Neovide instances. You can hit this hotkey from anywhere and activate a project you need.
- Global hotkey to activate last used editor, if there are mulitple.
- Hotkey to restart current editor.
- CLI, which executes new Neovide instances, and if an instance at the current path is already running, it activates it instead of spawning a new one.
macOS 13+.- Administrative privileges to install the CLI.
neovideavailable in yourPATH.
Get it from the Releases.
This a macOS app. Unzip the NeoHub.zip and move NeoHub.app to the Applications folder.
On the very first launch, you will be asked to install the CLI. You will need to enter an administrative password.
Once installed, the neohub command should become available in your shell. This is the only way to launch a Neovide through the NeoHub, so use neohub instead of neovide to launch editors. Otherwise, things won't work.
See neovide --help for available options.
Hit ⌘ ⌃ N (Command + Control + N) to open the editor switcher.
Hit ⌘ ⌃ Z (Command + Control + Z) to activate last active editor.
All hotkeys are configurable.
When in the switcher, you can quit all editors at once by pressing ⌘ Q, or just a selected one with ⌘ ⌫. Also, you can use ⇥ (Tab) to cycle through the editors in the list.
You can set a hotkey to restart current editor in the Settings. Keep in mind, that if you updated env vars and restart the editor - it won't pick up the new env. In this case, you need to shut down the editor and relaunch it from the CLI.
P.S. When you press the editor switcher hotkey and there is only one Neovide instance is running, NeoHub will activate it instead of showing the switcher.
App icon is by u/danbee.
MIT.