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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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- Free • Open Source
- 10 likes117 Thunderpad alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Thunderpad Features
- Distraction-free
- Syntax Highlighting
- Lightweight
DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed since 2015. Latest versions can be still downloaded from SourceForge and GitHub
Thunderpad VS Vim
Is Thunderpad a good alternative to Vim? - 12 likes65 Chocolat alternatives
Chocolat is a new text editor for Mac OS X, that combines native Cocoa with powerful text editing tools.
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
Chocolat Features
- Coding
- Multiple Cursors
- Split windows
Chocolat VS Vim
Is Chocolat a good alternative to Vim? - 5 likes16 ne alternatives
ne is a text editor based on the POSIX standard that runs (we hope) on almost any UN*X machine. ne is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for the wizard, and most sparing in its resource usage.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
ne Features
- Command line interface
- Lightweight
- Syntax Highlighting
- Support for Large File
ne VS Vim
Is ne a good alternative to Vim? - 2 likes171 Vy alternatives
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.
DiscontinuedLast update and release on Nov 2020.
Vy VS Vim
Is Vy a good alternative to Vim? - 4 likes33 Yi alternatives
Yi is a text editor written, and extensible in, the Haskell programming language. It can be made to behave like emacs or like vi.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Yi Features
- EMACS
DiscontinuedProject 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
Yi VS Vim
Is Yi a good alternative to Vim? - 2 likes24 edile alternatives
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
edile Features
- Portable
DiscontinuedLast release on 2010.
edile VS Vim
Is edile a good alternative to Vim? - 1 like169 4coder alternatives
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.).
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
4coder Features
- Syntax Highlighting
- Portable
4coder VS Vim
Is 4coder a good alternative to Vim? - 2 likes25 Ox editor alternatives
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...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Ox editor Features
- Terminal-based
DiscontinuedProject 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
Ox editor VS Vim
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