Neovim AlternativesOnly apps categorised as IDEs

The best IDE alternative to Neovim is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Neovim and many of them are IDEs so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting IDE alternatives to Neovim are Sublime Text, VSCodium, Vim and Eclipse.

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Neovim alternatives page was last updated Jul 5, 2025

Visual Studio Code
1367 likes
Free and extensible code editor with built-in Git support, smart IntelliSense, integrated debugger, 30,000+ extensions, works offline, supports markdown and syntax highlighting for numerous languages.
201 Visual Studio Code alternatives
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Free
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Code Editor
IDE
Origin
United States
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Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Chrome OS
Snapcraft
+2
Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to Neovim?

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9users say it's a good alternative
Comments about Visual Studio Code as an Alternative to Neovim

Guest
Negative commentMar 22, 2025
1
Not in terminal and very slow compared to neovim
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Most users think Visual Studio Code is a great Neovim alternative.
Visual Studio Code is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Linux alternative to Neovim.
Visual Studio Code is Free and ProprietaryNeovim is Free and Open Source
Visual Studio Code is CustomizableNeovim is not according to our users
Sublime Text
2036 likes
Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.
190 Sublime Text alternatives
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Freemium (Pay once)
Proprietary
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
Australia
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+2
Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Neovim?

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6users say it's a good alternative
Comments about Sublime Text as an Alternative to Neovim

Guest
Positive commentNov 23, 2020
0
While Sublime text is "paid" (they mostly do not not enforce licenses), it's still the fastest, ready to go graphical editor I've found. Having the package manager available is great, but I was very happy with the native features including saving root owned files in linux without having to run it as sudo. Atom and vscode are great and use sublime as just one of the tools you need for your toolbelt.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Most users think Sublime Text is a great Neovim alternative.
Sublime Text is Freemium and ProprietaryNeovim is Free and Open Source
Sublime Text is CustomizableNeovim is not according to our users
VSCodium
389 likes
This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
194 VSCodium alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
IDE
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Flathub
Electron
Snapcraft
Homebrew
Chocolatey
Is VSCodium a good alternative to Neovim?

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10users say it's a good alternative
Vim
1340 likes
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.
212 Vim alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Haiku
AmigaOS
OpenSolaris
MorphOS
Flathub
Flatpak
Snapcraft
Is Vim a good alternative to Neovim?

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8users say it's a good alternative
Eclipse
1146 likes
Eclipse is an extensible development platform with runtimes and application frameworks for building, deploying and managing software across the entire software lifecycle. Many people know Eclipse as a Java IDE, but it is much more than that- Eclipse actually consists of over 60...
148 Eclipse alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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IDE
Code Editor
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Is Eclipse a good alternative to Neovim?
Zed Editor
98 likes
Blazing fast code editor offering real-time multi-user collaboration, language-aware syntax highlighting, integrated terminal, multi-buffers for tab-free editing, built-in Vim mode, searchable outline, AI coding assistance, advanced keyboard commands, and cross-platform support.
83 Zed Editor alternatives
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Freemium (Subscription)
Open Source
Application types
Code Editor
IDE
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Is Zed Editor a good alternative to Neovim?
Kate
310 likes
The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.
142 Kate alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
Germany
EU
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Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
KDE Plasma
Flathub
Flatpak
Snapcraft
Is Kate a good alternative to Neovim?
Geany
575 likes
Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.
150 Geany alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Code Editor
IDE
Origin
Germany
EU
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Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
Snapcraft
Flathub
PortableApps.com
Flatpak
Haiku
+5
Is Geany a good alternative to Neovim?
GNU Emacs
387 likes
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:
178 GNU Emacs alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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Text Editor
Code Editor
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
BSD
Snapcraft
F-Droid
Haiku
Debian
MacPorts
Homebrew
+6
Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to Neovim?

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Comments about GNU Emacs as an Alternative to Neovim

Buster_Blue
Positive commentNov 2, 2018
2
They're both powerful text editors that allow for a lot of customization.
Most users think GNU Emacs is a great Neovim alternative.
GNU Emacs is the most popular Android alternative to Neovim.
GNU Emacs is Free and Open SourceNeovim is also Free and Open Source
GNU Emacs is Customizable and Privacy focusedNeovim is not according to our users
Pulsar Editor
47 likes
A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.
74 Pulsar Editor alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Code Editor
Text Editor
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Chrome OS
BSD
Electron
Is Pulsar Editor a good alternative to Neovim?
Lite XL
52 likes
Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.
57 Lite XL alternatives
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Free
Open Source
Application types
Code Editor
Text Editor
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is Lite XL a good alternative to Neovim?
Helix
34 likes
Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .
91 Helix alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application types
Code Editor
Text Editor
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Is Helix a good alternative to Neovim?