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. IT-Edit icon

    IT-Edit

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    IT-Edit (Integrated Terminal Editor) provide a text editor with syntax highlight, line numbering and with the basics text editing functionalities, a file managing interface and terminals in the same window as the editor.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Discontinued

    Last update was in May 2016.

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  2. QuickEdit Text Editor icon

    QuickEdit Text Editor

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    QuickEdit text editor is a fast, stable and full featured text editor. It has been optimized for using on both phones and tablets.

    5 QuickEdit Text Editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Android
    QuickEdit Text Editor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    QuickEdit Text Editor VS Neovim

     
  4. BabelPad icon

    BabelPad

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    BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    BabelPad screenshot 1

    BabelPad Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Portable
    4.  Support for Unicode
    5.  Multiple languages

    BabelPad VS Neovim

     
  5. Wasavi icon

    Wasavi

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    wasavi is an extension for Chrome, Opera and Firefox. wasavi transforms TEXTAREA element of any page into a VI editor, so you can edit the text in VI. wasavi supports almost all VI commands and some ex commands.

    10 Wasavi alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Wasavi screenshot 1

    Wasavi Features

    1.  Vim Key Mapping
    2.  Opera extension
    3.  Browser extension
    4.  Text editing

    Wasavi VS Neovim

     
  6. Judge0 IDE icon

    Judge0 IDE

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    Judge0 IDE is a free and open-source online code editor that allows you to write and execute code from a rich set of languages. It's perfect for anybody who just wants to quickly write and run some code without opening a full-featured IDE on their computer.

    168 Judge0 IDE alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • HR flagCroatia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Judge0 IDE screenshot 1

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    • Judge0 IDE is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Neovim.

    • Judge0 IDE is Free and Open SourceNeovim is also Free and Open Source
  7. dte icon

    dte

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    A small and easy to use console text editor.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Termux
    • Android
    dte screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Search and Replace
    9.  Key binding
    10.  Console-based
    11.  Color Palette
    12.  Support for regular expressions

    dte VS Neovim

     
  9. Codeit icon

    Codeit

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    Codeit is a mobile code editor connected to Git. Runs on the web, open source and free. Supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bootstrap, XML and more. Easy to use without how to.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NO flagNorway

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    Codeit screenshot 2

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

    Codeit VS Neovim

     

  10. Vis

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    Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Vis screenshot 1

    Vis Features

    1.  Console-based
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Modal editor

    Vis VS Neovim

     
  11. Bim text editor icon

    Bim text editor

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    Bim is a Vim-inspired, terminal text editor originally built for ToaruOS but also available for Linux, Sortix, FreeBSD, and macOS. Bim aims to be lightweight and featureful with no external dependencies, providing a modern editing experience...

    75 Bim text editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Bim text editor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

    Bim text editor VS Neovim

     
  12. Brief text editor icon

    Brief text editor

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    Welcome to the home of the Brief text editor famous for its clean look and legendary keystrokes. Below are some good reasons to make Brief your editor:

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Brief text editor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline

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  13. Ki Editor icon

    Ki Editor

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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
    Ki Editor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Automatic Indentation
    9.  Modal editor
    10.  Built-in File Manager
    11.  Multiple Cursors

    Ki Editor VS Neovim

     
  14. Lines code editor icon

    Lines code editor

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    Lines is a modern and minimalist text editor - IDE with support for over 150 programming languages, embedded code inspectors and many other cool tools to help you write better code.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Responsive preview, code outline, project explorer, tabs. (new version 5.2)

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Built-in Color Picker
    5.  Javascript scripting
    6.  External commands
    7.  Integrated Search
    8.  Integrated Web Browser

    Lines code editor VS Neovim

     
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