Neovim Alternatives

Apps similar to Neovim include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim. You're spoiled for choice with Text Editors like Neovim: we list more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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    Smallest Vi-clone text editor for Windows (62KB) that runs in terminal and SSH sessions.

    50 Z-VI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Aubrey's gVim icon
     10 likes

    Aubrey’s gVim is, well, Aubrey's gVim! The project arose out the his personal desire to use Vim as my HTML, CSS, PHP & Javascript editor.

    68 Aubrey's gVim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  3. SpaceNeovim icon
     3 likes

    SpaceNeovim is Spacemacs for Neovim . It's a fork of Spacevim that focuses on Neovim functions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    ad (pronounced A.D.) is an attempt at combining a modal editing interface of likes of vi and kakoune with the approach to extensibility of Plan9's Acme. Inside of ad text is something you can execute as well as edit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Haystack IDE icon
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    The canvas-based IDE that makes navigation and refactoring 10x faster.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. Onivim 2 icon
     11 likes

    Onivim 2 is a retro-futuristic modal editor - the next iteration of the Onivim project - combining Vim-style modal editing with the aesthetics and language features of modern editors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. DinVim icon
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    DinVim is a version of the Vim text editor, a lightweight text editor for programmers and computer geeks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Howl icon
     6 likes

    Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. Graviton Editor icon
     16 likes

    Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Runestone icon
     3 likes

    A performant, lightweight, and simple plain text editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, search and replace, page guide, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Ollie IDE icon
     1 like

    Ollie is a sovereign creative suite designed for developers, writers, and creators who want the power of AI without sacrificing privacy or paying monthly subscriptions. It is a unified engine that runs local AI models entirely offline on your own hardware, ensuring complete data...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Zee icon
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    Zee is a modern editor for the terminal, written in Rust. It is a highly experimental code. In the old tradition of text editor demos, here's what it currently looks like editing its own source code.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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