# Why Zed Uses Its Own Vim Mode Instead of Embedding Neovim

DevFeed: [Why Zed Uses Its Own Vim Mode Instead of Embedding Neovim](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-not-just-embed-neovim-13579.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/zed-decoded-vim>)

Author: Thorsten Ball, Conrad Irwin

Published: 2024-06-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Neovim](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/neovim.md>), [Vim](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vim.md>)

Tags: [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>), [vim](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vim.md>), [zed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zed.md>)

## AI overview

A Zed Decoded article discusses Zed's Vim mode, including its supported features, limitations, and the reasons Zed does not embed Neovim.

## Source excerpt

In this episode of Zed Decoded, Thorsten talks Conrad about Zed's Vim mode and asks him: why not just embed Neovim?