Installing

Installing MacVim

Main Options

1. Using binary release is recommended. MacVim will automatically check for updates and prompt for installation.
2. Use Homebrew. Download it and do brew install macvim in a terminal.

Other methods

• Build yourself: See Building for how to build MacVim yourself.
• Other package managers: See for other package managers that could be used to install MacVim.
• Nightly builds: If you would like a build of the latest development version, visit , select the newest run, and download MacVim.dmg from it (you need to be logged in to GitHub).

  • Note: This version of MacVim is not signed/notarized and is intended for testing only. You will have to manually go to macOS Security settings and allow it to be run, or use the terminal command xattr -d com.apple.quarantine MacVim.app. Only do this if you are comfortable with in-development builds and want to try out the latest work-in-progress features and fixes.

  • You can also do the same in the terminal by using the GitHub command-line tool gh:

    GH_REPO=macvim-dev/macvim gh run download \
        $(curl "https://api.github.com/repos/macvim-dev/macvim/actions/workflows/ci-macvim.yaml/runs?per_page=1&branch=master&event=push&status=success" | jq ".workflow_runs[0].id") \
        -n MacVim.dmg