Vim Alternatives

Vim is described as 'Advanced text editor with multiple modes, syntax highlighting, word completion, plugin support, built-in help, command-line tools, cross-platform and open source' 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, Mac, Linux, 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, Neovim, Sublime Text and VSCodium.

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  1. RJ TextEd icon
     29 likes

    RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates...

    126 RJ TextEd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Vy icon
     2 likes

    vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter which is one of the most productive graphical toolkits; It permits vy to have such a great programming interface for plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Graviton Editor icon
     16 likes

    Graviton Code Editor is a minimalist, cross-platform editor focused on speed, customization and productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Caret icon
     32 likes

    Caret is a lightweight-but-powerful programmer's editor running as a Chrome Packaged App. Inspired by Sublime and built on top of the Ace editing component, it offers:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
  5. Editor.do icon
     1 like

    Editor.do is an all-in-one online IDE and hosting solution for creating, coding, and deploying static websites quickly. With over 1000 templates and libraries, it's ideal for developers of all levels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. SlickEdit icon
     14 likes

    SlickEdit is a cross-platform, multi-language code editor that gives programmers the ability to code in over 40 languages on 7 platforms.

    92 SlickEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Notepad more focused on developing than just scribble down notes.

    These is not an exhaustive feature list, but gives you some idea of the features present in Programmer’s Notepad.

    • Syntax Highlighting for lots of languages, configured with schemes
    • Multi-language use.
    136 Programmer's Notepad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. amp icon
     1 like

    Everything you need to get started without any configuration. A completely usable editor, right out of the box.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Haroopad icon
     68 likes

    Haroopad is a markdown enabled document processor for creating web-friendly documents. You can author various formats of documents such as blog article, slide, presentation, report, and e-mail as if experts did.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10.  Like

    Smallest Vi-clone text editor for Windows (62KB) that runs in terminal and SSH sessions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Howl icon
     6 likes

    Howl is a general purpose editor that aims to be both lightweight and fully customizable. It is built on top of the very fast LuaJIT runtime, and can be extended in either Lua or Moonscript. It has a minimalistic UI driven mainly by the keyboard.

    144 Howl alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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