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.

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  1. NotepadXtreme icon
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    A fast, cross-platform text editor with hard-crash recovery for unsaved buffers, infinite local version history, built-in drawing canvas, and AI editing from any provider.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Thunderpad icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Hacker Pad icon
     1 like

    Hacker Pad is a convenient scratch pad that allows everyone, especially developer, to quickly jot down ideas and snippets. This comes from the need of my colleagues who struggle with how to quickly write down notes in a convenient way.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4.  1 like

    McWig is a modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  5. nved icon
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    nved is a small, keyboard-driven editor for the everyday terminal-editing role — the EDITOR/VISUAL slot that git, crontab -e, and sudoedit reach for. It's cursor-driven and edits printed lines in place (a REPL, not a full-screen modal takeover), so your scrollback stays...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Jottr icon
     2 likes

    A simple, opinionated plain text editor designed for writers, journalists and researchers. Jottr is not meant to be a full-featured text editor, but rather a simple and easy to use tool for writing. It's not aimed at developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. EdytorNC icon
     3 likes

    EdytorNC is text editor for CNC programmers. Some features : bolt holes calculation; solutions of triangles calculation; speed, feed calculation; conversion inch/mm, mm/inch; code colouring; RS232 data transmission with automatic file saving and possibility to download new CNC...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. XML Notepad icon
     17 likes

    XML Notepad provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents.

    49 XML Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. A lightweight, minimal and powerful code editor. This editor has many features. Some of them are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Textplorer icon
     2 likes

    Textplorer supports data field coloring in structured files, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, MAC or user defined character sets, CRLF detection, bookmarks, fast load of large files,...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Text.app icon
     11 likes

    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
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