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 alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be Code Editors or IDEs. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Vim.- Code Editor
- Free • Open Source
- 4 likes55 ecode alternatives
ecode is a lightweight multi-platform code editor designed for modern hardware with a focus on responsiveness and performance. It has been developed with the hardware-accelerated eepp GUI, which provides the core technology for the editor.
Top ecode Features
- No Tracking
- Lightweight
- Git Support
- Works Offline
- Autocompletion
- Dark Mode
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- Portable
- Syntax Highlighting
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Color Palette
ecode VS Vim
Is ecode a good alternative to Vim? - 27 likes79 wxMEdit alternatives
wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
wxMEdit Features
- Portable
- Hex Editor
DiscontinuedLast GitHub commit on Aug 2019 and last release on Nov 2016.
wxMEdit VS Vim
Is wxMEdit a good alternative to Vim? - 87 likes82 Espresso alternatives
Espresso is a powerful text editor for web developers, from the creators of CSSEdit .
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
Espresso Features
- Syntax Highlighting
- Spell Checking
- Code Completion
- Live css editing
Espresso VS Vim
Is Espresso a good alternative to Vim? - 32 likes90 MacVim alternatives
MacVim is a port of the text editor Vim to macOS. MacVim supports multiple windows with tabbed editing and a host of other features such as:
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
MacVim Features
- No registration required
- Vim
MacVim VS Vim
Is MacVim a good alternative to Vim? - 18 likes62 JOE alternatives
JOE is a full featured terminal-based screen editor which is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). JOE has been around since 1988 and comes standard with many Linux distributions.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
JOE Features
- Command line interface
- Support for Large File
DiscontinuedLast update on Apr 2021 and last release on Jan 2018.
JOE VS Vim
Is JOE a good alternative to Vim? Top LiteIDE Features
- Lightweight
- Dark Mode
- Code Formatting
- Portable
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- Support for Themes
- Support for MarkDown
- Syntax Highlighting
- Works Offline
- Autocompletion
LiteIDE VS Vim
Is LiteIDE a good alternative to Vim?- 31 likes65 Lime Text alternatives
Experimental Sublime Text clone. The Backend is written in Go (Programming Language). If you are fluent in go, go ahead fork the projekt. This project is at an early stage. It is a chance and a challenge.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Lime Text Features
- Distraction-free
- Syntax Highlighting
- Ruby
DiscontinuedIt would appear that Lime Text has been abandoned. It's web site is unavailable and it appears no work has been done on it since last year.
Lime Text VS Vim
Is Lime Text a good alternative to Vim? - 71 likes75 Smultron alternatives
Smultron is a text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs - like web programming, script editing, making a to do...
Smultron VS Vim
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Comments about JOE as an Alternative to Vim
Lots of features, including macros, without the steep learning curve of Vim. Commands similar to WordStar and Borland Turbo languages, so they're short and easy to insert into macros. Help can be made continuously visible.