Vim Classic Alternatives

Apps similar to Vim Classic 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 Code Editors like Vim Classic: we list more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS and the web.

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  1. Spacemacs icon

    Spacemacs

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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Caxton icon

    Caxton

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    Caxton is a native Mac workbench for text and data files of any size. Every delimited file opens as text and as a typed grid, edits made in either view show in the other, and saving writes the same file back. Nothing is imported anywhere.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Log search shot: 10 GB log · 80,610,954 lines · 1,613,344 matches in 1.3 s
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  4. 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:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • European Union flagEU
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  6. Onivim 2 icon

    Onivim 2

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    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)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Onivim 2 screenshot 1
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  7. NEO Emacs icon

    NEO Emacs

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    GPU powered Emacs written in Rust with a modern display engine. Aiming for modern design & multi-threaded Elisp, 10x performance, zero-pause concurrent GC and 100% Emacs compatibility.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • CN flagChina
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