Vim AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Code & Text Editors for Mac
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.
filter to find the best alternatives
Vim alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code Editors or IDEs. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Vim.- Code Editor
- Free • Open Source
- 206 Visual Studio Code alternatives
Visual Studio Code is a free and extensible code editor for building web, desktop, and mobile applications, using any programming language and framework.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
Top Visual Studio Code Features
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Customizable
- Autocompletion
- IDE
- Built-in terminal emulation
- Syntax Highlighting
- Code Completion
- Multiple languages
- Git Support
- GitHub Integration
- Support for Themes
- Dark Mode
Visual Studio Code VS Vim
Is Visual Studio Code a good alternative to Vim? - 97 Neovim alternatives
Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
Top Neovim Features
- Lightweight
- Configurable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Lua scripting
- Terminal-based
- Syntax Highlighting
- Asynchronous
- Vim
- Distraction-free
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Autocompletion
Neovim VS Vim
Is Neovim a good alternative to Vim?Comments about Neovim as an Alternative to Vim
benni347A better more modern alternative to vim.
0NyquistIt's basically Vim, but with improvements like plugins that don't halt the user interface. At least on Linux, I'd recommend Neovim over Vim.
2daviwalleNeovim it's like Vim, but without packages that aren't needed
-1Clean, faster than Vim but based on that.
0Colin HughesIt's Vim except built with the future in mind, and certain backend improvements such as asynch processing
0 - 195 VSCodium alternatives
This repository contains a build file to generate FLOSS release binaries of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code - Open Source ("Code - OSS") project, the open source core of the proprietary Visual Studio Code.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Electron
- Flathub
Top VSCodium Features
- No Tracking
- Prevent telemetry
- IDE
- Customizable
- Privacy focused
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Works Offline
- No registration required
- MIT License
- Autocompletion
- Support for Themes
- Git integration
VSCodium VS Vim
Is VSCodium a good alternative to Vim? - 194 Sublime Text alternatives
Powerful editor blending code, markup, and prose editing with enhanced features like multi-tab selection, side-by-side definition viewing, and multiple selection tools for swift code navigation.
Top Sublime Text Features
- Lightweight
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Customizable
- Package Control
- Syntax Highlighting
- IDE
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- Support for MarkDown
- Distraction-free
- Works Offline
- Git Support
Sublime Text VS Vim
Is Sublime Text a good alternative to Vim? - 171 GNU Emacs alternatives
GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. The features of GNU Emacs include:
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- F-Droid
- Haiku
- Homebrew
- Snapcraft
- Debian
- MacPorts
Top GNU Emacs Features
- Extensibility
- Customizable
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Org-mode
- Self-documenting
- IDE
- Terminal-based
- Multi OS
- Syntax Highlighting
- Support for scripting
- Command line interface
- No Tracking
GNU Emacs VS Vim
Is GNU Emacs a good alternative to Vim?Comments about GNU Emacs as an Alternative to Vim
Maybe much better than Vi? ;)
0 - 144 Geany alternatives
Geany is a powerful, stable and lightweight programmer's text editor that provides tons of useful features without bogging down your workflow.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Geany Features
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
- Multiplatform
- IDE
- Minimalistic
- Syntax Highlighting
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Support for LaTeX
- Ad-free
- Distraction-free
- Autocompletion
- Code Formatting
Geany VS Vim
Is Geany a good alternative to Vim? - 139 Kate alternatives
The Kate project develops two main products: KatePart, the advanced editor component which is used in numerous KDE applications requiring a text editing component, and Kate, a MDI text editor application.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- KDE Plasma
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Snapcraft
Top Kate Features
- Native application
- Themes
- Editable text color schemes
- Syntax Highlighting
- Built-in terminal emulation
- Tabbed interface
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Git Support
- Lightweight
- Support for MarkDown
- Code Formatting
- Built-in themes
Kate VS Vim
Is Kate a good alternative to Vim? - 141 GNU nano alternatives
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
GNU nano Features
- Command line interface
- Terminal-based
- Search and Replace
- Lightweight
- Automatic Indentation
GNU nano VS Vim
Is GNU nano a good alternative to Vim?Comments about GNU nano as an Alternative to Vim
No where near the shortcut capabilities, and also no built-in syntax highlighting!
1
Comments about Visual Studio Code as an Alternative to Vim
Can't be used from within terminal
Visual Studio Code is GUI only full IDE, not terminal based efficient text editor.
VSC has very good Vi extension what helps to mix Vi experience with well-integrated Microsoft solution.
It is superslow and bloated. Even if you have 2-3 plugins you can tell the difference in speed and lightness of vim with vscode. Vim doesn't slow down at all even if you have a hell lot of plugins and now with neovim 0.5 release and lua substituting vimscript, there cannot be made a comparison between them