MacVim Alternatives

Apps similar to MacVim include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Vim and Zed Editor. There's no shortage of Text Editors like MacVim, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Chrome OS.

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  1. The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    65 Traditional Ex - Vi editor alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  2. Tilde icon
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    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    126 Tilde alternatives

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    • Linux
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  3. HippoEDIT icon
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    HippoEDIT is a powerful, fast and easy to use Windows text editor, primarily targeted at power users and programmers. It has modern and lightweight user interface, which supports different interface schemes, Multi Tab environment, seamless web and help browser, File Explorer and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  4. NoteTab icon
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    NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Windows Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.

    142 NoteTab alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. FoldingText icon
     8 likes

    FoldingText makes you productive in easily formatted plain text. Turn your ideas into plans. Your to-dos into results. Your writing into clear, focused documents.

    118 FoldingText alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  6. VimR icon
     1 like

    VimR is a Neovim GUI for macOS with the goal of building an editor that uses Neovim inside with many of the convenience GUI features similar to those present in modern editors. VimR mainly uses Swift, but also C/Objective-C when/where appropriate.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  7. Devpad icon
     6 likes

    Notepad-like VB.Net multi-tab source code editor for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 that supports ASM, ASP.Net, Boo, C#, C++, CSS, HTML, INI, Java, JavaScript, Lua, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB.Net, XML and plain text files.

    164 Devpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  8. TEXTREME icon
     4 likes

    TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. EdytorNC icon
     3 likes

    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Vy icon
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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.

    163 Vy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Nota is a convergent text editor. Nota is easy to use, with a simple interface by default. Nota supports syntax highlighting for various languages, focus mode, annotations, configurable fonts, colors, a integrated side panel and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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