Vim Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Vim for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac 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 available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac 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 10, 2024
  1. amp icon
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    Everything you need to get started without any configuration. A completely usable editor, right out of the box.

    9 amp alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Keyboard focused
    amp iconVim Icon

    amp VS Vim

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  2. Bim text editor icon
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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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    Bim text editor iconVim Icon

    Bim text editor VS Vim

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

    5 Kinesics Text Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Kinesics Text Editor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Console-based
    Kinesics Text Editor iconVim Icon

    Kinesics Text Editor VS Vim

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  4. DinVim icon
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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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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    DinVim iconVim Icon

    DinVim VS Vim

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  5. Zee icon
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    Zee is a modern editor for the terminal, written in Rust. It is a highly experimental code. In the old tradition of text editor demos, here's what it currently looks like editing its own source code.

    25 Zee alternatives
    Zee screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Zee Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Discontinued

    Last update was in August 2022

    Zee iconVim Icon

    Zee VS Vim

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  6. Whisk icon
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    Tumult Whisk is the lightweight HTML and PHP editor with a live preview pane that displays the updated page as you type. It is an essential app for your web dev toolkit.

    96 Whisk alternatives
    Whisk screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Whisk Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Live Preview
    Whisk iconVim Icon

    Whisk VS Vim

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  7. Ki Editor icon
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    Ki Editor is a modal editor that supports multi-cursor structural editing.

    51 Ki Editor alternatives
    Ki Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Support for Themes
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Syntax Highlighting
    9.  Automatic Indentation
    10.  Modal editor
    11.  Built-in File Manager
    12.  Multiple Cursors
    13.  Keyboard navigation
    Ki Editor iconVim Icon

    Ki Editor VS Vim

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  8. Haystack IDE icon
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    The canvas-based IDE that makes navigation and refactoring 10x faster.

    51 Haystack IDE alternatives
    Haystack IDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Haystack IDE Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Autocompletion
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Floating windows
    Haystack IDE iconVim Icon

    Haystack IDE VS Vim

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