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Neon Vision Editor for Mac

A lightweight native code and text editor with syntax highlighting, previews, project tools, and shared-file synchronization.

Free
In English
Version 1.8.1
3.0
Based on 2 user rates

Neon Vision Editor overview

Neon Vision Editor is a native Apple editor for code, text, and Markdown on macOS, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro. It combines fast file access, syntax highlighting, tabbed editing, project navigation, previews, and optional AI assistance in a focused workspace.

Documents stored in iCloud Drive, network folders, or edited by another app can refresh while they are open. Clean tabs update automatically, while unsaved local changes remain protected through reviewable Keep Local, Reload, and Compare actions.

Features
  • Syntax highlighting for Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JSON, Markdown, TeX/LaTeX, and many other languages and formats.
  • Tabbed editing with per-file language selection, session recovery, multiple windows, Vim-style editing, and large-file handling.
  • External file synchronization for documents changed on another device or by another application.
  • GitHub Flavored Markdown, HTML, and SVG previews with syntax-colored code blocks, multiple reader templates, synchronized editor-preview scrolling, and PDF export.
  • Markdown project preview with searchable cards, file paths, excerpts, headings, file sizes, image thumbnails, grid or list layouts, and indexing status.
  • Optional AI assistant with contextual questions about the current file, selections, project structure, Markdown, README files, requirements files, and code in multiple programming languages.
  • Optional Apple Intelligence or user-configured AI providers with saved chat sessions, cancellation, timeouts, and reviewable Markdown conversion.
  • Project sidebar with Files, Search, Git, and PTY-backed Terminal workflows on macOS.
  • Regex Find and Replace, Replace All, Find in Files, Quick Open, table of contents, code minimap, and project tree navigation.
  • Contextual Markdown formatting for headings, lists, links, quotes, code, images, tables, and document structure.
  • Code snapshots, starter templates, native SwiftUI and AppKit/UIKit interfaces, and no telemetry.

What's new in version 1.8.1

Fixed
  • Fixed macOS editor lines appearing clipped or overlaid while scrolling long or wrapped documents, including when previews and sidebars are open.
  • Fixed a stale scroll position hiding content after switching to a long document.
  • Fixed the iPhone and iPad keyboard toolbar obscuring editor content or the software keyboard.
  • Fixed mobile status placement and preview-header alignment.
Added
  • Added macOS drag and drop: drop Finder files anywhere in the workspace to open each in its own tab.
  • Added a five-step macOS window-surface control for adjusting the frosted-glass appearance.
  • Added a scrollable bottom editor toolbar on iPhone and an adaptive bottom toolbar on iPad. Controls become compact while scrolling.
  • Added Markdown theme selection to the iPad preview menu.
Improved
  • Improved responsiveness during large terminal output, Git diffs, project indexing, and large-file work.
  • Improved layouts for compact, split, and wider iPhone and iPad workspaces, with more readable iPhone file tabs.
  • Made the mobile keyboard toolbar visible by default, with a setting to hide it.
  • Updated supported controls to use system Liquid Glass and follow system appearance and accessibility settings.
  • Aligned preview headers, Markdown project cards, and terminal surfaces with the selected editor theme and translucency.

Neon Vision Editor for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.8.1
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3.0

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Iliketrash
Iliketrash
Aug 2, 2026
1.1.1
0.0
Aug 2, 2026
0.0
Version: 1.1.1
Nope. Non-stop pinwheeling after opening the sidebar. The app appeared to be opening a large number of files and all I did was tell it to show the sidebar. 300+ MB+ memory use in Activity monitor. Also, no Ada syntax highlighting. Come on, folks, Ada is a top-20 language.
firewall00110-1
firewall00110-1
Sep 18, 2026
1.8.1
1.0
Sep 18, 2026
1.0
Version: 1.8.1
h3p
h3p
Jun 12, 2026
0.7.7
5.0
Jun 12, 2026
5.0
Version: 0.7.7