Neovim vs Visual Studio Code
2 members list Neovim, up 2 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 19 September 2026
6 members list Visual Studio Code, up 6 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 19 September 2026
How has interest in each changed?
Collected from public datasets outside Stackness, not from stacks on this site. A series both tools have shares one chart and one scale, because its unit is the same for both. Data sources
Mentions, monthly
Neovim: Hacker News mentions: 80 mentions (2014) to 81 mentions (2026)
Visual Studio Code: Hacker News mentions: 1 mention (2015) to 134 mentions (2026)
Imported from Hacker News mentions
Installs, monthly
Neovim: Homebrew analytics installs: 27,906 installs (2026)
Visual Studio Code: Homebrew analytics installs: 41,914 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Installs, yearly
Neovim: Homebrew analytics installs: 513,929 installs (2026)
Visual Studio Code: Homebrew analytics installs: 497,439 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Questions asked, monthly
Neovim: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2010) to 1 question (2026)
Visual Studio Code: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2010) to 11 questions (2026)
Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer
Usage share, yearly
Neovim: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 5.01 % of respondents (2021) to 14.08 % of respondents (2025)
Visual Studio Code: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 19.05 % of respondents (2017) to 76.37 % of respondents (2025)
Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey
Pageviews, monthly
Neovim: Wikipedia pageviews: 1,640 views (2016) to 4,448 views (2026)
Visual Studio Code: Wikipedia pageviews: 6,424 views (2015) to 28,473 views (2026)
Imported from Wikipedia pageviews
Who uses both?
No member lists both Neovim and Visual Studio Code yet.
No member has recorded moving from one to the other yet.
What do people pair them with?
Tools that members list in the same stack as each of them.
Only with Visual Studio Code
Which moves use Neovim?
- One tmux session per project with fixed window layout by Mika Johansson