Vim Alternatives

Vim is described as '("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Vim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Vim alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vim are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, Neovim and VSCodium.

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Vim alternatives are mainly Text Editors, but if you're looking for Code Editors or IDEs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Vim.
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    Climacs is an open source Emacs-like text editor written in Common Lisp. It has a good integration with other CLIM-based applications and uses Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) library, called ESA, that provides an Emacs-style user interface, rather than the normal CLIM UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Zeus IDE icon
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    A powerful, feature packed, fully configurable IDE specifically designed for Windows developers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Pe, short for Programmer’s Editor, is an open source text editor for BeOS. It is targeted towards source-code editing, and features syntax highlighting for a large number of programming languages. It also works as a basic source-level HTML editor, with some HTML autocompletion...

    106 Pe (Programmer’s Editor) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Haiku
     
  4. Editor icon
     4 likes

    Simple Android text editor.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  5. Code Writer icon
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    Code Writer is a free text and code editor app for the Windows platform, downloadable from the Windows Store. Use it as a replacement for Notepad and other quick edit apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Yi icon
     4 likes

    Yi is a text editor written, and extensible in, the Haskell programming language. It can be made to behave like emacs or like vi.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Bim is a Vim-inspired, terminal text editor originally built for ToaruOS but also available for Linux, Sortix, FreeBSD, and macOS. Bim aims to be lightweight and featureful with no external dependencies, providing a modern editing experience...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. dte icon
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    A small and easy to use console text editor.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Termux
    • Android
     
  9. Textosaurus icon
     3 likes

    Simple cross-platform text editor based on Qt and Scintilla.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Welcome to the home of the Brief text editor famous for its clean look and legendary keystrokes. Below are some good reasons to make Brief your editor:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. BabelPad icon
     5 likes

    BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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