Grief AlternativesCode Editors and other similar apps like Grief

Grief is described as 'GRIEF, as a BRIEF clone, is a full-featured console based editor offering a wealth of facilities on multiple Unix, Windows and Mac platforms' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are 2 alternatives to Grief for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best Grief alternative is Vim, which is both free and Open Source.

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Grief alternatives page was last updated Oct 4, 2024
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  1. Vim icon

    Vim

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    Vim ("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.

    205 Vim alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Vim screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused
    3.  Customizable
    4.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Hackable
    4.  Well documented
    5.  Modal editor
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Support for MarkDown
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Portable
    11.  Batch Editing
    12.  Terminal-based

    Vim VS Grief

     

    • Vim is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Grief.

    • Vim is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Grief.

    • Vim is Free and Open SourceGrief is also Free and Open Source
    • Vim is Lightweight and CustomizableGrief is not according to our users
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    GNU Emacs

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    GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:

    169 GNU Emacs alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Debian
    • MacPorts
    • Homebrew
    The GNU Emacs Manual calls Emacs the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Extensibility
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Org-mode
    4.  Self-documenting
    5.  Terminal-based
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Support for scripting
    8.  Command line interface
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Spell Checking
    12.  Ad-free

    GNU Emacs VS Grief

     

    • GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Grief.

    • GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceGrief is also Free and Open Source
    • GNU Emacs is CustomizableGrief is not according to our users
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