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Neovim Textarea

by ty@pre-alpha.com · Developer Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Edit any <textarea> in Neovim: in a textarea press the shortcut (default (Ctrl|Cmd)+Shift+.), :wq to write the text back.

Users
99
+24 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#84K
#71K among extensions
Version
0.1.0
updated 27 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months
05099Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 99 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 months
023Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Neovim Textarea

Have you ever been on a webpage that has a <textarea> but you wish it was neovim instead? Now you don't have to! This extension contains the entirety of neovim, compiled to webassembly, and running directly in the browser. If you have a <textarea> focused, hitting ctrl+shift+. will replace the textarea with a neovim instance for editing the text, and running :wq from inside it will close the neovim instance and copy the content back to the underlying <textarea>. This plugin is not associated with the official Neovim project. It is based on a fork of neovim that compiles to wasm: https://github.com/TyOverby/neovim/tree/wasm-chrome-ext/wasm/chrome-ext

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+5+5.3%00.00
30 days+24+32.0%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
0.1.013 Jul 2026

Details

Category
Developer Tools
First seen
13 Jul 2026
Size
4.3 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
mgefcbhkncfcheijliihnbadkoabmnhj

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2
Permissions
activeTaboffscreenscriptingclipboardReadclipboardWrite

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