> And here we have a project. Virtually nothing is done, previous commit was 20 days ago, and the last commit is adding the fundraiser link an hour ago. I mean, the author doesn't seem to be fanatically enthusiastic.

I understand the skepticism, but the FAQ[1] gives a pretty good explanation for this and shows that this guy has some familiarity with vim and motivation for taking on this project.

[1] https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/539-neovim-first-it... (near the bottom)