Evil Alternatives

Evil is described as 'Extensible vi layer for Emacs. It emulates the main features of Vim, and provides facilities for writing custom extensions' and is an app in the development category. There are three alternatives to Evil for Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and GNU Emacs. The best Evil alternative is Spacemacs, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Evil are Spacevim and Viper Mode.

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  1. Spacemacs icon
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    Spacemacs is an beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Spacemacs is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Evil.

    • Spacemacs is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Evil.

    • Spacemacs is Free and Open SourceEvil is also Free and Open Source
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    Viper-mode or just Viper is an Emacs mode that emulates vi key bindings. Besides being the newest variety of vi emulation, it also provides users different levels of emulation to help vi addicts kick the habit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNU Emacs
     
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