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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 alternatives are mainly Code Editors but may also be Text 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
- 115 likes139 jEdit alternatives
jEdit is a mature programmer's text editor with hundreds (counting the time developing plugins) of person-years of development behind it. jEdit beats many expensive development tools for features and ease of use AND it is released as free software with full source code...
License model
- Free • Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
jEdit Features
jEdit VS Vim
Is jEdit a good alternative to Vim? - 152 likes94 TextWrangler alternatives
TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor, and Unix and server administrator’s tool.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
TextWrangler Features
DiscontinuedThe developers announced that development of TextWrangler has stopped, in favor of concentrating their efforts on the development of BBEdit.Quoted from the TextWrangler webpage, "We are sunsetting TextWrangler, and we encourage anyone interested in TextWrangler to download and use BBEdit instead."
TextWrangler VS Vim
Is TextWrangler a good alternative to Vim? - 19 likes105 Zed Code Editor alternatives
Zed is a fully offline-capable text and code editor you can use to edit files locally, on Dropbox, or remotely on any server. It has all the code editor features you'd expect and more:
License model
- Free • Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
Zed Code Editor Features
DiscontinuedNo code committed in eight years. Linked website has no mention of any code editor.
Zed Code Editor VS Vim
Is Zed Code Editor a good alternative to Vim? - 19 likes81 Kakoune alternatives
Vim inspired text editor with support for multiple selections and scores of other "out of the box" features.
Kakoune Features
Kakoune VS Vim
Is Kakoune a good alternative to Vim? - 36 likes92 Textadept alternatives
Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and ridiculously extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers. Written in a combination of C and Lua and relentlessly optimized for speed and minimalism over the years, Textadept is an ideal editor for programmers who want endless...
Textadept Features
Textadept VS Vim
Is Textadept a good alternative to Vim? - 17 likes190 Graviton Editor alternatives
Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Graviton Editor Features
Graviton Editor VS Vim
Is Graviton Editor a good alternative to Vim? - 48 likes199 ReText alternatives
ReText is a simple text editor for Markdown and reStructuredText documents with syntax highlighting and optional live preview.
ReText Features
ReText VS Vim
Is ReText a good alternative to Vim? - 15 likes68 Textastic alternatives
Textastic is an advanced code editor for iOS and macOS with support for syntax highlighting, remote file transfer, and SSH.
Textastic Features
Textastic VS Vim
Is Textastic a good alternative to Vim?
Comments about Kakoune as an Alternative to Vim
Similar to Vim but with a consistent and simple editing model that gives instant visual feedback. Self-documenting. Heavily customizable.