Spacemacs Alternatives

Spacemacs is described as 'Beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Spacemacs for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Spacemacs alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Spacemacs are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor.

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  1. Bluefish Editor icon
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    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    229 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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  2. Lapce icon
     27 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    204 Lapce alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Squircle CE icon
     13 likes

    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    86 Squircle CE alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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  4. Vim Classic icon
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    Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor — maintained entirely by humans.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
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  5. Fresh editor icon
     4 likes

    High-performance terminal text editor developed in Rust, offering fast startup, low latency, extensibility, customizable keybindings, menu-driven native UI, robust mouse support, powerful command palette, cross-platform support, and syntax highlighting.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Kakoune icon
     21 likes

    Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

    95 Kakoune alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
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  7. Haroopad icon
     68 likes

    Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

    113 Haroopad alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. RustRover icon
     5 likes

    Enjoy full support when running your code inside the Rust IDE, be it for testing purposes, debugging, benchmarking, profiling, or targeting different platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. A native editor for Markdown, notes, and code across macOS, iPhone, and iPad. Minimal by design. Quick edits, fast file access, no IDE bloat.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  10. Rustroid icon
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    A Rust IDE for Android.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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