Vim Classic
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 types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- AmigaOS
- OpenSolaris
- MorphOS
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
- No AI
- Customizable
- Configurable
- Keyboard focused
Features
- Command line interface
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Syntax Highlighting
- Works Offline
- No Tracking
- Portable
- Modal editor
- Well documented
Vim Classic News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Vim Classic
Vim Classic launches its first release as a Vim fork without generative AI assistanceDrew DeVault, well known for SourceHut, has introduced Vim Classic, a new fork of the Vim text edit...
Recent activities
- Viciousse liked Vim Classic
- POX updated Vim Classic
- POX updated Vim Classic
POX added Vim Classic as alternative to Notepad++, Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text and VSCodium- POX added Vim Classic
Vim Classic information
Developed by
Drew DeVault Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
51 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
What is Vim Classic?
Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a stable, dependable editor — maintained entirely by humans.
Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.2 for long-term maintenance. Little new feature development is expected.
Maintenance policy
Upstream Vim patches between versions 8.2 and 9.0 are acceptable for consideration in Vim Classic provided that they are adapted to avoid the use of Vim 9 Script, which is not included in Vim Classic.
Original patches, fixing bugs or making reasonable changes to existing features, are welcome. Patches which assist with the maintenance of the runtime are especially welcome, for example, updating syntax files to account for new features in supported programming languages.