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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Evil is an extensible vi layer for Emacs. It emulates the main features of Vim, and provides facilities for writing custom extensions.

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Evil alternatives page was last updated Jun 30, 2022
  1. Spacemacs icon
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    Spacemacs is an beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users.

    40 Spacemacs alternatives
    Spacemacs screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Spacemacs Features

    1.  EMACS
    2.  Vim Key Mapping
    3. GNU Emacs icon  Emacs integration
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    • 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
  2. Spacevim icon
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    Spacevim screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Spacevim Features

    1.  EMACS
    Spacevim iconEvil Icon

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  3.  Like this app

    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.

    3 Viper Mode alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNU Emacs

    Viper Mode Features

    1.  Vim Key Mapping
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