Neovim Alternatives

Neovim is described as 'Refactored version of Vim with enhanced extensibility and modern plugin architecture' and is a very popular Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Neovim for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Neovim alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Neovim are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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Refactored version of Vim with enhanced extensibility and modern plugin architecture.

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Neovim alternatives page was last updated Jul 5, 2025
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  1. SciTE icon

    SciTE

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    SciTE is a SCIntilla based Text Editor. Originally built to demonstrate Scintilla, it has grown to be a generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs. It is best used for jobs with simple configurations - I use it for building test and demonstration...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    SciTE screenshot 1

    SciTE VS Neovim

     
  2. Bluefish Editor icon

    Bluefish Editor

     160 likes
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    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    209 Bluefish Editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Bluefish Editor screenshot 1

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP

    Bluefish Editor VS Neovim

     
  4. JetBrains Fleet icon

    JetBrains Fleet

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    Built from scratch, based on 20 years of experience developing IDEs. Fleet uses the IntelliJ code-processing engine, with a distributed IDE architecture and a reimagined UI.

    189 JetBrains Fleet alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    JetBrains Fleet screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Code Formatting
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  Support for MarkDown

    JetBrains Fleet VS Neovim

     
  5. Kakoune icon

    Kakoune

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    Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Cygwin
    Kakoune screenshot 1

    Kakoune Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Modal editor
    4.  Works in a terminal
    5.  Multiple Cursors

    Kakoune VS Neovim

     
  6. Squircle CE icon

    Squircle CE

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    Squircle CE is a fast, lightweight code editor and file manager with support for over 30 programming languages, remote file access via SFTP/FTP(S) and Git VCS integration. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, or professional developer, Squircle CE lets you write, manage, and...

    65 Squircle CE alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Squircle CE screenshot 1
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    Squircle CE screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Autocompletion
    6.  No registration required
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9. Git icon  Git Support
    10. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    11.  Ad-free
    12.  Code Completion

    Squircle CE VS Neovim

     

    • Squircle CE is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Neovim.

    • Squircle CE is Free and Open SourceNeovim is also Free and Open Source
    • Squircle CE is LightweightNeovim is not according to our users
  7. Acode icon

    Acode

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    Acode is light weight yet powerful code editor and web IDE for android. You can use this editor for editing HTML, JavaScript, text.

    5 Acode alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    The editor

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Acode VS Neovim

     
  9. RustRover icon

    RustRover

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    Enjoy full support when running your code inside the Rust IDE, be it for testing purposes, debugging, benchmarking, profiling, or targeting different platforms.

    61 RustRover alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    RustRover screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Code Formatting
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6. Git icon  Git Support
    7.  Autocompletion
    8.  Rust

    RustRover VS Neovim

     
  10. Spacemacs icon

    Spacemacs

     27 likes
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    Spacemacs is an beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users.

    39 Spacemacs alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Spacemacs screenshot 1

    Spacemacs Features

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

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  11. MacVim icon

    MacVim

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    MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to macOS. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:

    87 MacVim alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    MacVim screenshot 1

    MacVim Features

    1.  No registration required

    MacVim VS Neovim

     
  12. TextWrangler icon

    TextWrangler

     153 likes
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    TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.

    92 TextWrangler alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextWrangler screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The developers announced that development of TextWrangler has stopped, in favor of concentrating their efforts on the development of BBEdit.Quoted from the TextWrangler webpage, "We are sunsetting TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."

    TextWrangler Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    2.  Search and Replace
    3.  Coding

    TextWrangler VS Neovim

     
  13. Light Table icon

    Light Table

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    Light Table is a new interactive IDE that lets you modify running programs and embed anything from websites to games. It provides the real time feedback we need to not only answer questions about our code, but to understand how our programs really work.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    Light Table screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last version (0.8.1) is from January 2016.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Clean design

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Light Table VS Neovim

     

  14. Emacs Prelude

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    Prelude is an enhanced Emacs 24 configuration that should make your experience with Emacs both more pleasant and more powerful.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Emacs Prelude Features

    1.  EMACS

    Emacs Prelude VS Neovim

     
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