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There are many alternatives to Vim for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac Code Editor alternative is Visual Studio Code, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Vim and loads of them are Code Editors available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac Code Editor alternatives to Vim are Neovim, VSCodium, Sublime Text and GNU Emacs.

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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. NEdit icon
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    NEdit is a multi-purpose text editor for the X Window System, which combines a standard, easy to use, graphical user interface with the thorough functionality and stability required by users who edit text eight hours a day.

    38 NEdit alternatives
    The tabbed window interface

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    NEdit Features

    1.  Support for LaTeX
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  2. Thunderpad icon
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    Thunderpad (formerly Textpad) is a simple, general-purpose and cross-platform text editor written in C++ using the Qt libraries. Thunderpad aims to be faster and more lightweight than most text editors, but as useful as them.

    117 Thunderpad alternatives
    Thunderpad screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Thunderpad Features

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Lightweight
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed since 2015. Latest versions can be still downloaded from SourceForge and GitHub

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  3. Chocolat icon
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    Chocolat is a new text editor for Mac OS X, that combines native Cocoa with powerful text editing tools.

    65 Chocolat alternatives
    Text Editing

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Chocolat Features

    1.  Coding
    2.  Multiple Cursors
    3.  Split windows
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  4. Vy icon
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    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    171 Vy alternatives
    Vy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update and release on Nov 2020.

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  5. Yi icon
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    Yi is a text editor written, and extensible in, the Haskell programming language. It can be made to behave like emacs or like vi.

    33 Yi alternatives
    The Vty frontend

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Yi Features

    1.  EMACS
    Discontinued

    Project possibly abandoned. No activities for two years, and last release in 2017.In this GitHub issue, the developer discussed about the future of the project: https://github.com/yi-editor/yi/issues/1114

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  6. edile icon
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    Edile is a basic but useful text editor for Linux, Mac OSX and other unix-like operating systems. Written in Python, Edile is implemented in a single source code file and requires no installation - you simply execute the source code file.

    24 edile alternatives
    edile screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    edile Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    Last release on 2010.

    edile iconVim Icon

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  7. 4coder icon
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    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    169 4coder alternatives
    4coder screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    4coder Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Portable
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  8. Ox editor icon
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    Ox is a code editor. It was written in Rust using ANSI escape sequences. It assists developers with programming by providing several tools to speed up and make programming easier and a refreshing alternative to heavily bloated and resource hungry editors such as VS Code and...

    25 Ox editor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Ox editor Features

    1.  Terminal-based
    Discontinued

    Project discontinued. No updates in two years.Developer confirmed that project is no more alive due to technical issues: https://github.com/curlpipe/ox/issues/121

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