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. Haroopad icon
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    Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update was in December 2018.

    Haroopad Features

    1.  Support for MarkDown
    2.  Vim Key Mapping
    3.  Publishing

    Haroopad VS Neovim

     
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    Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes.

    These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.

    • Syntax Highlighting for lots of languages, configured with schemes
    • Multi-language use.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    not updated since 3 dec 2016

    Programmer's Notepad Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Search and Replace

    Programmer's Notepad VS Neovim

     
  3. 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.

    26 Zee alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Discontinued

    Last update was in August 2022

    Zee Features

    1.  Command line interface

    Zee VS Neovim

     
  4. Aubrey's gVim icon
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    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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Aubrey's gVim Features

    1.  Portable

    Aubrey's gVim VS Neovim

     
  5. Editor.do icon
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    Editor.do is an all-in-one online IDE and hosting solution for creating, coding, and deploying static websites quickly. With over 1000 templates and libraries, it's ideal for developers of all levels.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Support for Bootstrap
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Code Formatting
    5.  Live Preview
    6.  No Tracking

    Editor.do VS Neovim

     
  6. Ox editor icon
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    Ox is a code editor. It was written in Rust using ANSI escape sequences. It assists developers with programming by providing several tools to speed up and make programming easier and a refreshing alternative to heavily bloated and resource hungry editors such as VS Code and...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Ox editor Features

    1.  Terminal-based

    Ox editor VS Neovim

     
  7.  Like
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Vim Key Mapping
    7.  Modal editor

    ad VS Neovim

     
  8. Xed Editor icon
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    Xed Editor is a versatile text and code editor designed specifically for Android devices, offering users the ability to create, edit, and manage their text and code files with ease on their mobile devices.

    50 Xed Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Xed Editor Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Syntax Highlighting

    Xed Editor VS Neovim

     
  9. ecode icon
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    ecode is a lightweight multi-platform code editor designed for modern hardware with a focus on responsiveness and performance. It has been developed with the hardware-accelerated eepp GUI, which provides the core technology for the editor.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Portable
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  Autocompletion
    10.  No Tracking
    11.  Color Palette
    12.  Tree view

    ecode VS Neovim

     
  10. 4coder icon
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    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable

    4coder VS Neovim

     
  11. 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.

    166 Vy alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

    Vy VS Neovim

     
  12. amp icon
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    Everything you need to get started without any configuration. A completely usable editor, right out of the box.

    9 amp alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Keyboard focused

    Features

    1.  Rust

    amp VS Neovim

     
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