Pynvim implements support for python plugins in Nvim. It also works as a library for connecting to and scripting Nvim processes through its msgpack-rpc API.
Supports python 3.7 or later.
Installation option #1: install using uv (recommended):
Install uv (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/).
Install pynvim (the --upgrade
switch ensures installation of the latest version):
uv tool install --upgrade pynvim
Anytime you upgrade Neovim, make sure to upgrade pynvim as well by re-running the above command.
Installation option #2: install using pipx:
Install pipx (https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/).
Install pynvim (the --upgrade
switch ensures installation of the latest version):
pipx install --upgrade pynvim
Anytime you upgrade Neovim, make sure to upgrade pynvim as well by re-running the above command.
Other installation options:
Pynvim supports python remote plugins (via the language-agnostic Nvim rplugin interface), as well as Vim plugins (via the :python3
interface). Thus when pynvim is installed Neovim will report support for the +python3
Vim feature.
The rplugin interface allows plugins to handle vimL function calls as well as defining commands and autocommands, and such plugins can operate asynchronously without blocking nvim. For details on the new rplugin interface, see the Remote Plugin documentation.
Pynvim defines some extensions over the vim python API:
nvim.funcs
vim.api
and for objects such as buffer.api
vim.exec_lua
and called with vim.lua
See the Python Plugin API documentation for usage of this new functionality.
'v:<bool>'
to <class 'bool'>
, whereas neovim evaluates to <class 'str'>
. This is expected behaviour due to the way booleans are implemented in python as explained here.Use (and activate) a local virtualenv, for example:
python3 -m virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
If you change the code, you must reinstall for the changes to take effect:
Use pytest
to run the tests. Invoking with python -m
prepends the current directory to sys.path
(otherwise pytest
might find other versions!):
For details about testing and troubleshooting, see the development documentation.
Usage from the Python REPLA number of different transports are supported, but the simplest way to get started is with the python REPL. First, start Nvim with a known address:
$ nvim --listen /tmp/nvim.sock
Or alternatively, note the v:servername
address of a running Nvim instance.
In another terminal, connect a python REPL to Nvim (note that the API is similar to the one exposed by the python-vim bridge):
>>> import pynvim # Create a session attached to Nvim's address (`v:servername`). >>> nvim = pynvim.attach('socket', path='/tmp/nvim.sock') # Now do some work. >>> buffer = nvim.current.buffer # Get the current buffer >>> buffer[0] = 'replace first line' >>> buffer[:] = ['replace whole buffer'] >>> nvim.command('vsplit') >>> nvim.windows[1].width = 10 >>> nvim.vars['global_var'] = [1, 2, 3] >>> nvim.eval('g:global_var') [1, 2, 3]
You can embed Neovim into your python application instead of connecting to a running Neovim instance.
>>> import pynvim >>> nvim = pynvim.attach('child', argv=["/usr/bin/env", "nvim", "--embed", "--headless"])
--headless
argument tells nvim
not to wait for a UI to connect.--embed
without --headless
if your client is a UI and you want nvim
to wait for your client to nvim_ui_attach
before continuing startup.See the tests for more examples.
Pynvim x.y.z
pynvim/_version.py
scripts/disable_log_statements.sh
python -m build
dist/pynvim-x.y.z.tar.gz
against the previous one.twine upload -r pypi dist/*
scripts/enable_log_statements.sh
or git reset --hard
to restore the working dir.pynvim/_version.py
, with prerelease
suffix dev0
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