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<h1>Roadmap</h1>
<p>The roadmap defines the project direction. Priorities are tracked by <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestones">milestones</a>.

   <ul>
   <li>Version numbers (<code>0.1</code>, <code>0.2</code>, <code>0.2.1</code>, …) track production releases.
       <ul>
         <li>The next upcoming version has a target date.</li>
       </ul>
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   <li><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/6">backlog</a>
       holds low-priority items.</li>
   <li><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/9">unplanned</a>
       holds zero-priority items (no feasible path to completion).</li>
   </ul>

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<h2>Next</h2>

<h3>0.5</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Lua <em>remote plugin</em> host</li>
  <li>Lua user-config: <code>init.lua</code></li>
  <li>Treesitter syntax engine <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/11724">#11724</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/Microsoft/language-server-protocol">LSP</a> client for code navigation, refactoring</li>
  <li>Extended marks (text properties, decorations, virtual text)</li>
</ul>

<h3>0.6</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Better file-change detection</li>
</ul>

<h3>Future/Long-term</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Embed Neovim everywhere</li>
  <li>Externalized UI: window layout events</li>
  <li>Syntax API: allow clients to query and define syntax groups, text attributes</li>
</ul>


<h2>Completed</h2>

<h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/21?closed=1">0.4</a></h3>
<ul>
  <li>Lua "stdlib"</li>
  <li>Externalized UI: multigrid
  <li>Externalized UI: floating windows</li>
  <li>Externalized UI: messages</li>
</ul>

<h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/18?closed=1">0.3.x</a></h3>
<ul>
  <li>API: <a href="https://neovim.io/doc/user/api.html#api-buffer-updates">buffer update events</a></li>
  <li>VimL expression parser: <code>nvim_parse_expression()</code></li>
  <li>Windows: <a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/Building-Neovim#windows--msvc">MSVC support</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/15?closed=1">0.2.1</a> Built-in Lua:<code>vim.api</code>, <code>:lua</code>,
     <code>nvim_execute_lua()</code>, …</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/15?closed=1">0.2.1</a> Externalize UI components: cmdline, wildmenu</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/15?closed=1">0.2.1</a> Windows <code>:terminal</code></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/15?closed=1">0.2.1</a> Pre-packaged "universal" binary for Linux</li>
</ul>

<h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/10?closed=1">0.2.x</a></h3>
<ul>
  <li>Windows support</li>
  <li>Externalized UI: popumenu</li>
  <li>Externalized UI: tabline</li>
  <li>Pre-packaged builds for Windows and macOS</li>
</ul>

<h3><a href="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/milestone/5?closed=1">0.1.x</a></h3>
<ul>
  <li>First public release</li>
  <li>Publish a stable product that can be used as a benchmark for progress</li>
</ul>

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