diff --git a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml
index c521fd348..8978c7ed2 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #TODO mostly work, kinda slow, can't quit (signal issues?)
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/archive/refs/tags/v0.11.3.tar.gz"
+patches = [
+  "redox.patch"
+]
 
 [build]
 template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30b3f7229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/text/neovim/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+diff -ruwN source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+--- source/runtime/CMakeLists.txt	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/runtime/CMakeLists.txt	2025-09-16 14:46:20.134790482 +0700
+@@ -24,37 +24,6 @@
+ 
+ file(GLOB PACKAGES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/runtime/pack/dist/opt/*)
+ 
+-set(GENERATED_PACKAGE_TAGS)
+-foreach(PACKAGE ${PACKAGES})
+-  get_filename_component(PACKNAME ${PACKAGE} NAME)
+-  file(GLOB "${PACKNAME}_DOC_FILES" CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${PACKAGE}/doc/*.txt)
+-  if(${PACKNAME}_DOC_FILES)
+-    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME})
+-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME}/doc/tags"
+-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
+-        ${PACKAGE} ${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME}
+-      COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:nvim_bin>
+-        -u NONE -i NONE -e --headless -c "helptags doc" -c quit
+-      DEPENDS
+-        nvim_bin
+-        nvim_runtime_deps
+-      WORKING_DIRECTORY "${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME}"
+-    )
+-
+-    set("${PACKNAME}_DOC_NAMES")
+-    foreach(DF "${${PACKNAME}_DOC_FILES}")
+-      get_filename_component(F ${DF} NAME)
+-      list(APPEND "${PACKNAME}_DOC_NAMES" ${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME}/doc/${F})
+-    endforeach()
+-
+-    install_helper(
+-      FILES ${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME}/doc/tags "${${PACKNAME}_DOC_NAMES}"
+-      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/pack/dist/opt/${PACKNAME}/doc)
+-
+-    list(APPEND GENERATED_PACKAGE_TAGS "${GENERATED_PACKAGE_DIR}/${PACKNAME}/doc/tags")
+-  endif()
+-endforeach()
+-
+ set(BUILDDOCFILES)
+ foreach(DF ${DOCFILES})
+   get_filename_component(F ${DF} NAME)
+@@ -65,8 +34,6 @@
+   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory doc
+   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
+     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/runtime/doc doc
+-  COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:nvim_bin>
+-    -u NONE -i NONE -e --headless -c "helptags ++t doc" -c quit
+   DEPENDS
+     nvim_bin
+     nvim_runtime_deps
+@@ -78,7 +45,6 @@
+   DEPENDS
+     ${GENERATED_SYN_VIM}
+     ${GENERATED_HELP_TAGS}
+-    ${GENERATED_PACKAGE_TAGS}
+ )
+ 
+ # CMake is painful here.  It will create the destination using the user's
+@@ -88,10 +54,6 @@
+ # If it's preexisting, leave it alone.
+ 
+ install_helper(
+-  FILES ${GENERATED_HELP_TAGS} ${BUILDDOCFILES}
+-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/doc)
+-
+-install_helper(
+   FILES ${GENERATED_SYN_VIM}
+   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/syntax/vim)
+ 
+diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/channel.c source-new/src/nvim/channel.c
+--- source/src/nvim/channel.c	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/src/nvim/channel.c	2025-09-16 13:41:27.109978099 +0700
+@@ -547,8 +547,23 @@
+     // Redirect stdout/stdin (the UI channel) to stderr. Use fnctl(F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC) instead of dup()
+     // to prevent child processes from inheriting the file descriptors, which are used by UIs to
+     // detect when Nvim exits.
++    #ifdef __redox__
++    int new_stdin_fd = dup(STDIN_FILENO);
++    if (new_stdin_fd >= 0) {
++      fcntl(new_stdin_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
++    }
++    stdin_dup_fd = new_stdin_fd;
++
++    // 2. Duplicate STDOUT and set CLOEXEC flag
++    int new_stdout_fd = dup(STDOUT_FILENO);
++    if (new_stdout_fd >= 0) {
++      fcntl(new_stdout_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
++    }
++    stdout_dup_fd = new_stdout_fd;
++    #else
+     stdin_dup_fd = fcntl(STDIN_FILENO, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, STDERR_FILENO + 1);
+     stdout_dup_fd = fcntl(STDOUT_FILENO, F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC, STDERR_FILENO + 1);
++    #endif // __redox__
+     dup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO);
+     dup2(STDERR_FILENO, STDIN_FILENO);
+   }
+diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt source-new/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+--- source/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt	2025-09-16 16:07:40.327319085 +0700
+@@ -93,19 +93,6 @@
+ endif()
+ 
+ # -fstack-protector breaks Mingw-w64 builds
+-if(NOT MINGW)
+-  check_c_compiler_flag(-fstack-protector-strong HAS_FSTACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG_FLAG)
+-  if(HAS_FSTACK_PROTECTOR_STRONG_FLAG)
+-    target_compile_options(main_lib INTERFACE -fstack-protector-strong)
+-    target_link_libraries(main_lib INTERFACE -fstack-protector-strong)
+-  else()
+-    check_c_compiler_flag(-fstack-protector HAS_FSTACK_PROTECTOR_FLAG)
+-    if(HAS_FSTACK_PROTECTOR_FLAG)
+-      target_compile_options(main_lib INTERFACE -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=4)
+-      target_link_libraries(main_lib INTERFACE -fstack-protector --param ssp-buffer-size=4)
+-    endif()
+-  endif()
+-endif()
+ 
+ # Compiler specific options
+ if(MSVC)
+@@ -145,9 +132,6 @@
+ # Platform specific options
+ if(UNIX)
+   target_link_libraries(main_lib INTERFACE m)
+-  if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "SunOS")
+-    target_link_libraries(main_lib INTERFACE util)
+-  endif()
+ endif()
+ 
+ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
+diff -ruwN source/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h source-new/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h
+--- source/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h	2025-07-13 01:34:12.000000000 +0700
++++ source-new/src/nvim/os/os_defs.h	2025-09-16 13:45:00.379142388 +0700
+@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
+ 
+ #if !defined(NAME_MAX) && defined(_XOPEN_NAME_MAX)
+ # define NAME_MAX _XOPEN_NAME_MAX
++#elif !defined(NAME_MAX)
++# define NAME_MAX 255
+ #endif
+ 
+ #define BASENAMELEN (NAME_MAX - 5)