In this chapter, we'll take a look at a branch of Vim that became a phenomenon of its own, known as Neovim. Neovim aims to make Vim easier to maintain for its core developers, as well as make plugin development and various integrations easier. We'll look at the following:

• Why does Neovim matter?
• How to install and configure Neovim
• Synchronizing Vim and Neovim configuration
• Neovim-specific plugins