Vim Alternatives

Vim is described as '("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' 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, Linux, Mac, 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, Sublime Text, Neovim and VSCodium.

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  1. DtPad icon
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    DtPad is a Windows text editor, developed with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and identified by many advanced features, including HTML and XML code management, search in files, search with regular expressions, note mode (light window in foreground), built-in multilanguage support...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    PICO means "very small" and also stands for "PIne COmposer". PICO is designed to be a "simple editor", ie only the bare minimum of commands and simply to use. Very good for beginners who wish to write emails and posts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. MetroTextual icon
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    MetroTextual is a Windows text editor inspired by Microsoft’s Metro Design Language. It’s designed to be a visually appealing replacement for Notepad; with significant improvements to performance and aesthetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Text Edit Plus is a lightweight tool that enables users to easily create new text documents or to modify existing ones. The application is designed as an alternative to Notepad, by offering a wider set of features. Some of the features: Adding date and time.

    120 Text Edit Plus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Java-Editor icon
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    Integrated Java development environments set high requirements on the computer equipment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. JujuEdit icon
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    JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. LopeEdit icon
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    LopeEdit is a powerful programmers editor and a replacement of Windows Notepad. It has tabs to select between open files, supports syntax highlighting of multiple programing languages (C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VBScript, XML, HTML, ASP, JSP, SQL, Cobol, C#, CSS...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The Kinesics Text Editor is a small, fast, efficient, portable text editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. edile icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. xPad. icon
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    xPad is the ultimate notepad, TextEdit and Stickies replacement for Apple's OS X. With a simple, easy-to-use interface and powerful multi-document features, xPad will quickly become your daily text editor of choice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. IT-Edit icon
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    IT-Edit (Integrated Terminal Editor) provide a text editor with syntax highlight, line numbering and with the basics text editing functionalities, a file managing interface and terminals in the same window as the editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  12. Araneae icon
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    Lightweight text editor featuring syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, instant browser preview even unsaved, tabbed documents, drag-and-drop for files and images, customizable quick clips, and a streamlined design focused on web coding.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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