Neovim Remote Development
Inside Docker Container (eg. with devcontainers)
You need to first install Neovim inside the development container:
...
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
git \
wget \
curl \
unzip \
ripgrep \
xclip \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-c" ]
# Install Rust toolchain and Neovim
RUN \
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable --profile minimal --no-modify-path && \
mkdir -p /opt/nvim && \
wget -qO- "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/stable/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C /opt/nvim --strip-components=1 && \
ln -s /opt/nvim/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/nvim
...
Remember to forward clipboard and port:
xhost +
docker run --rm -it \
-p 6666:6666 \
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
-e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \
...
Once built, inside the container, run:
nvim --headless --listen "0.0.0.0:6666"
Outside container run:
nvim --remote-ui --server "0.0.0.0:6666"