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There are many alternatives to Vim for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac Text 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 Text Editors available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac Text 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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Vim alternatives page was last updated Sep 5, 2024
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  1. skEdit icon
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    skEdit

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    Simple, Flexible, Powerful Text Editor for the Web. Handles most common features you want; code completion, saved snippets, subversion support, remote connections, extensible language support, browser preview and much more.

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    • Mac

    skEdit Features

    1.  Ruby
    Main window with project
    Tidy Editor
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    Snippets
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  2. Climacs

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    Climacs is an open source Emacs-like text editor written in Common Lisp. It has a good integration with other CLIM-based applications and uses Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) library, called ESA, that provides an Emacs-style user interface, rather than the normal CLIM UI.

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    Images being moved around like any other buffer object

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac

    Climacs Features

    1.  EMACS
    Symbol-completion in Lisp syntax mode
    A Common Lisp source file with syntax-highlighting and parenthesis-matching
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    A file open without syntax-highlighting
    Discontinued

    No update since 2007. See https://common-lisp.net/project/climacs/#news

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  4. mle icon
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    mle

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    A small, flexible, terminal-based text editor written in C.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Modal editor
    5.  Multiple Cursors
    6.  Console-based
    7.  Tabbed interface
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  5. mg

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    This is a portable version of the Mg editor from OpenBSD by an OpenBSD developer who did a bunch of overhaul work on the version of Mg found in the OpenBSD base system.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

    mg Features

    1.  Same keymap as Emacs
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    amp

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    Everything you need to get started without any configuration. A completely usable editor, right out of the box.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Rust
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  7. Bim text editor icon
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    Bim text editor

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    Bim is a Vim-inspired, terminal text editor originally built for ToaruOS but also available for Linux, Sortix, FreeBSD, and macOS. Bim aims to be lightweight and featureful with no external dependencies, providing a modern editing experience...

    75 Bim text editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
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  9. Kinesics Text Editor icon
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    Kinesics Text Editor

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    The Kinesics Text Editor is a small, fast, efficient, portable text editor.

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    • Free • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Kinesics Text Editor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Console-based
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  10. DinVim icon
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    DinVim

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    DinVim is a version of the Vim text editor, a lightweight text editor for programmers and computer geeks.

    17 DinVim alternatives
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    • Mac
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