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There are many alternatives to Vim for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. If that doesn't work for you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Vim, but unfortunately only zero of them are Code Editors available for Mac. If you can't find an alternative you can try to remove all filters.

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Vim ("Vi IMproved") is an advanced text editor that allows syntax highlighting, word completion and has a huge amount of contributed content. It also has a GUI version called GVim.

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  1. Pulsar Editor icon
     38 likes

    A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor, built on Electron. and based on everything we love about our favorite editors.

    67 Pulsar Editor alternatives
    Welcome tab

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Electron / Atom Shell

    Top Pulsar Editor Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Community-based
    3.  Hackable
    4.  IDE
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Customizable
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Support for MarkDown
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Distraction-free
    12.  Git Support
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  2. Lite XL icon
     43 likes

    Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written mostly in Lua — it aims to provide something practical, pretty, small and fast, implemented as simply as possible; easy to modify and extend, or to use without doing either.

    50 Lite XL alternatives
    Lite XL screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Lite XL Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Customizable
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Syntax Highlighting
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Portable
    9.  Autocompletion
    10.  Support for MarkDown
    11.  Full-Text Search
    12.  Support for scripting
    Lite XL iconVim Icon

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  3. TextMate icon
     268 likes

    TextMate brings Apple's approach to operating systems into the world of text editors. By bridging UNIX underpinnings and GUI, TextMate cherry-picks the best of both worlds to the benefit of expert scripters and novice users alike.

    161 TextMate alternatives
    TextMate screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Top TextMate Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for Themes
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Lightweight
    6.  Search and Replace
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Code Formatting
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Automatic Indentation
    Discontinued

    Last commit and version is from 2021

    TextMate iconVim Icon

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  4. CodeEdit icon
     11 likes

    CodeEdit is a code editor built by the community, for the community, written entirely and unapologetically for macOS. Features include syntax highlighting, code completion, project find and replace, snippets, terminal, task running, debugging, git integration, code review...

    20 CodeEdit alternatives
    CodeEdit screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    CodeEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Live Preview
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Snippets
    5.  Debugging
    6.  Collaborative Code Editor
    7.  Git integration
    8.  Code Completion
    9.  Swift
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  5. Aide IDE icon
     11 likes

    Open-source code editor, enhancing VS Code with AI tools for chat-edit flow, proactive linter suggestions, AI completions, and AST navigation. Integrates with swebench-lite, empowering intelligent development with an inline AI widget and smart agents.

    53 Aide IDE alternatives
    Aide IDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Aide IDE Features

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  No registration required
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Autocompletion
    7.  Syntax Highlighting
    8.  Code Completion
    9.  VSCode
    10.  Linting
    11.  AI-Powered
    Aide IDE iconVim Icon

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  6. Lapce icon
     25 likes

    Lightning-fast and Powerful Code Editor written in Rust.

    194 Lapce alternatives
    Lapce screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top Lapce Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Built-in terminal emulation
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Git Support
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Support for Themes
    9.  Full-Text Search
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Dark Mode
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  7. Helix icon
     21 likes

    Helix is a fast text editor for the terminal inspired by modal editors like Kakoune and Neovim. Built as a native app using .

    80 Helix alternatives
    Helix screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Helix Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Autocompletion
    5.  Code Formatting
    6.  Support for Themes
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Git Support
    9.  Distraction-free
    10.  Ad-free
    Helix iconVim Icon

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  8. Bluefish Editor icon
     160 likes

    Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites.

    216 Bluefish Editor alternatives
    Bluefish Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Bluefish Editor Features

    1.  Arduino
    2.  PHP IDE
    3.  Support for SFTP
    Bluefish Editor iconVim Icon

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