Vim Alternatives

Vim is described as 'Advanced text editor with multiple modes, syntax highlighting, word completion, plugin support, built-in help, command-line tools, cross-platform and open source' and is a leading Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Vim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Vim alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vim are Visual Studio Code, Neovim, Sublime Text and VSCodium.

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  1. Rustroid icon
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    A Rust IDE for Android.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  2. mle icon
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    A small, flexible, terminal-based text editor written in C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. MadEdit icon
     13 likes

    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
     
  4. metapad icon
     43 likes

    Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5.  4 likes

    Acme is a powerful text editor, development environment and textual-user-interface platform developed by Rob Pike originally for Plan 9 from Bell Labs research operating system, and now has ports available for all major platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. DevTEd Lite is a free source code editor that supports several languages. System requirements: MS WIndows 10 or later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7.  Like

    ad (pronounced A.D.) is an attempt at combining a modal editing interface of likes of vi and kakoune with the approach to extensibility of Plan9's Acme. Inside of ad text is something you can execute as well as edit.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. CodeBuddy icon
     2 likes

    CodeBuddy IDE is built to create a symbiotic environment where product, design, development, and deployment flow into one another without friction. By embedding AI deeply into every step—from requirement planning and product design to coding and go-live—it delivers a one-stop...

    51 CodeBuddy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. EditPad Lite icon
     43 likes

    EditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Zeus IDE icon
     4 likes

    A powerful, feature packed, fully configurable IDE specifically designed for Windows developers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11.  2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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