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A lightweight and modern macOS code editor built for speed and simplicity - focused on speed, readability, and automatic syntax highlighting. Minimal by design: quick edits, fast file access.
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README.md

Neon Vision Editor

Neon Vision Editor Logo

A lightweight, modern macOS text editor focused on speed, readability, and fast automatic syntax highlighting.

It is intentionally minimal: quick edits, fast file access, no IDE bloat.

Release Download: https://github.com/h3pdesign/Neon-Vision-Editor/releases

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Status: alpha / beta
Platform target: macOS 26 (Tahoe) Built/tested with Xcode Apple Silicon: tested / Intel: not tested

Download

Prebuilt binaries are available via GitHub Releases:

  • Latest release: v0.4.1-beta
  • Architecture: Apple Silicon (Intel not tested)
  • Notarization: not yet

If you don’t want to build from source, this is the recommended path:

  • Download the .zip or .dmg from Releases
  • Move the app to /Applications

Gatekeeper (macOS 26 Tahoe)

If macOS blocks the app on first launch:

  1. Open System Settings
  2. Go to Privacy & Security
  3. Scroll down to the Security section
  4. You will see a message that Neon Vision Editor was blocked
  5. Click Open Anyway
  6. Confirm the dialog

After this, the app will launch normally.

Why this exists

Modern IDEs are powerful but heavy.
Classic macOS editors are fast but stagnant.

Neon Vision Editor sits in between:

  • Open files instantly
  • Read code comfortably
  • Edit without friction
  • Close the app without guilt

No background indexing. No telemetry. No plugin sprawl.

Neon Vision Editor App

Features

  • Fast loading, including large text files
  • Automatic applied syntax highlighting for common languages
    (Python, PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and others)
  • Clean, minimal UI optimized for readability
  • Native macOS 26 (Tahoe) look & behavior
  • Built with Swift and AppKit

What’s new (feature-focused) in latest release

Major editor UX expansion:

  • Added regex-capable Find/Replace with Replace All and quick toolbar access.
  • Added a right-side project structure panel with recursive folder tree browsing.
  • Added a dedicated New Window flow that opens blank/isolated windows.
  • Added richer window controls in the toolbar (including sidebar/window toggles).
  • Improved translucency support in editor/window surfaces.
  • Better sidebar and window-state handling across the app.
  • Smarter language/editor behavior:
  • Added/expanded local language detection heuristics.
  • Improved syntax highlighting behavior (including markdown edge cases).
  • Improved focus and editor interaction behavior in general.
  • Internal quality improvements:
  • Large ContentView refactor into modular files/extensions for easier maintenance and faster iteration.

Non-goals (by design)

  • X No plugin system (for now)
  • X No code intelligence (LSP, refactors) but simple autocomplete
  • X No Electron, no cross-platform abstraction layer

This is not an IDE. That is intentional.

Requirements

  • macOS 26 (Tahoe)
  • Xcode compatible with macOS 26 toolchain
  • Apple Silicon recommended

Support

If you find Neon Vision Editor useful and want to support its development:

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/h3pdesign/Neon-Vision-Editor.git
cd Neon-Vision-Editor
open "Neon Vision Editor.xcodeproj"

Homebrew install option

If you use Homebrew, you can install via cask:

brew tap h3pdesign/tap
brew install --cask neon-vision-editor