A native Mac editor for text and data files of any size. Open, filter, sort and edit multi-gigabyte logs and CSVs directly, without importing them.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
United States
+2
Vim Alternatives
Apps similar to Vim include Notepad++, which is free and open source. Other options are Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, VSCodium and Zed Editor. There's no shortage of Text Editors like Vim, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
PlainForge opens, edits, and saves local files with a focus on privacy, control, and productivity. No ads, no tracking, no login, and no internet permission.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
+6
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
FavoText is a text editor, which supports editing file with text/hex format, syntax highlighting and auto completion; it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
+9
A lightweight, distraction-free notepad with instant access, no registration or ads, auto-saves notes locally, supports manual export, and works seamlessly on modern browsers and mobile devices while prioritizing privacy with a clean interface and dark mode.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
Türkiye
+1
Tincta is an elegant one-window text editor that is intuitive to use on personal tasks like writing blog posts, letters or grocery lists. But it also has all functionality you need for professional web design and programming.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
Germany
EU
+2
Ami is a native desktop app that lets you run coding agents locally, chat with your codebase in plain English, and see real-time edits tracked for confident commits.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United States
+1
Embitz is a free C/C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users working in the field of embedded software development Finally, an IDE with all the features you need and operation across different targets (ARM, MSP430, PIC, ...).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Vim-flavoured modal editor with the parts a writer actually needs and a few features vim never had. Single static binary, sub-10 ms startup, soft-wrap by default, Claude Code in the editor, syntax highlighting, hunspell spellcheck, Goyo-style reading mode, persistent registers...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Unlicense)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Rust
62 TEA alternativesTEA is free text editor for Linux, *BSD, OS/2, Windows, Haicu. It depends on Qt 4.6+ or Qt 5 or Qt6, zlib and, optionally, on Aspell or Hunspell. The old (but renewed) branch, TEA-GTK depends on GTK+ 3 and GtkSourceView 3.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Russia
Jollpi is a lightweight, simple, and reliable text editor, built with Python 3, GTK4, and GtkSourceView 5. This version is a modern rewrite of the original 2010 Python 2 + PyGTK Jollpi text editor - now refreshed for modern Linux distributions.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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