Doom Emacs Alternatives

Doom Emacs is described as 'Doom is a configuration framework for GNU Emacs tailored for Emacs bankruptcy veterans who want less framework in their frameworks and the performance of a hand rolled config (or better). It can be a foundation for your own config or a resource for Emacs enthusiasts to learn' and is a Text Editor in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Doom Emacs for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Doom Emacs alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Other great apps like Doom Emacs are VSCodium, Sublime Text, Vim and Neovim.

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Doom Emacs alternatives page was last updated Sep 10, 2024
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    Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...

    155 Vis alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Vis Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Modal editor
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    Simple Android text editor.

    75 Editor alternatives
    Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • Editor is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Doom Emacs.

    • Editor is Free and Open SourceDoom Emacs is also Free and Open Source
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    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    171 Vy alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

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  4. Bytes Editor icon
     1 like

    Bytes is a fast, lightweight and customisable text editor and terminal emulator.

    52 Bytes Editor alternatives
    Bytes Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Portable
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Fast speed
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  5. 4coder icon
     1 like

    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    169 4coder alternatives
    4coder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
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    Prelude is an enhanced Emacs 24 configuration that should make your experience with Emacs both more pleasant and more powerful.

    28 Emacs Prelude alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Emacs Prelude Features

    1.  EMACS
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    Jove is a compact, powerful, Emacs-style text-editor. It provides the common emacs keyboard bindings, together with a reasonable assortment of the most popular advanced features (e.g., interactive shell windows, compile-it, language specific modes) while weighing in with CPU...

    24 Jove alternatives
    Jove running on Debian Linux

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS

    Jove Features

    1.  Command line interface
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  8. Ki Editor icon
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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

    51 Ki Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Automatic Indentation
    9.  Modal editor
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11.  Multiple Cursors
    12.  Keyboard navigation
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  9. Bim text editor icon
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    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...

    75 Bim text editor alternatives
    Bim text editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    Bim text editor iconDoom Emacs Icon

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