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 100 alternatives to Neovim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, 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, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Vim.

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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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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:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust
     
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    ATPad is a simple Notepad replacement written in pure C and Windows API. Keeping simplicity of Notepad it provides many additional features. 90kb UPX repacked.

    184 ATPad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • The Portable Freeware Collection
     
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    Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.

    128 Tilde alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Notepad icon
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    Notepad is a fast and distraction-free online writing space. Capture thoughts, take notes, and share instantly. Perfect for quick ideas, to-do lists, etc.

    54 Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    The vi editor is one of the most common text editors on Unix. It was developed starting around 1976 by Bill Joy at UCB, who was tired of the ed editor. But since he used ed as a code base, access to the original sources has required a commercial Unix Source Code License for more...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    McWig is a modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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