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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 Text 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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Vim alternatives page was last updated Sep 5, 2024
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  1. Textastic icon
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    Textastic

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    Textastic is an advanced code editor for iOS and macOS with support for syntax highlighting, remote file transfer, and SSH.

    68 Textastic alternatives
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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for FTP
    4.  Sync with iCloud
    5.  Dropbox integration
    6.  Support for SFTP
    7.  Local Storage
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    • Textastic is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Vim.

    • Textastic is Paid and ProprietaryVim is Free and Open Source
  2. Nova icon
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    Nova

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    The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.

    129 Nova alternatives
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    • Mac
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Live Preview
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Support for FTP
    Nova iconVim Icon

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  4. ecode icon
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    ecode

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    ecode is a lightweight multi-platform code editor designed for modern hardware with a focus on responsiveness and performance. It has been developed with the hardware-accelerated eepp GUI, which provides the core technology for the editor.

    55 ecode alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Git Support
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Portable
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Color Palette
    7.  Key rebinding
    8.  Key binding
    9.  Tree view
    10.  Linting
    11.  Search and Replace
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  5. MacVim icon
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    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:

    90 MacVim alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Vim
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  6. LiteIDE icon
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    LiteIDE

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    LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.

    23 LiteIDE alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for Themes
    5.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Code Formatting
    3.  Portable
    4.  Support for MarkDown
    5.  Syntax Highlighting
    6.  Autocompletion
    LiteIDE iconVim Icon

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  7. Doom Emacs icon
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    Doom Emacs

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    Doom is a configuration framework for GNU Emacs tailored for Emacs bankruptcy veterans who want less framework in their frameworks and the performance of a hand rolled config (or better). It can be a foundation for your own config or a resource for Emacs enthusiasts to learn...

    33 Doom Emacs alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Doom Emacs Features

    1.  Vim key mapping
    2.  Distribution
    3.  Extensive customisability
    4.  EMACS
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  9. TEA icon
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    TEA

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    TEA is free text editor for Linux, *BSD, OS/2, Windows, Haicu. It depends on Qt 4.6+ or Qt 5 or Qt6, zlib and, optionally, on Aspell or Hunspell. The old (but renewed) branch, TEA-GTK depends on GTK+ 3 and GtkSourceView 3.

    66 TEA alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TEA Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  C++
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Built-in File Manager
    5.  Built-in Image converter
    6.  Built-in Image viewer
    7.  Built-in archiver
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  10. TweakStyle icon
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    TweakStyle

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    An IDE tailor-made for web design and frontend development.

    88 TweakStyle alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TweakStyle Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Code Completion
    3.  Coding
    4.  Support for styluses
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