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.

Vim

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Code Editor
Free • Open Source

Vim ("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.

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Vim alternatives page was last updated Sep 5, 2024

ecode
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.
55 ecode alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top ecode Features
1. No Tracking
2. Lightweight
3. Git Support
4. Works Offline
5. Autocompletion
6. Dark Mode
7. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
8. Portable
9. Syntax Highlighting
10. Ad-free
11. No registration required
12. Color Palette
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wxMEdit
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...
78 wxMEdit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
wxMEdit Features
Portable
Hex Editor
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Discontinued
Last GitHub commit on Aug 2019 and last release on Nov 2016.

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Espresso
Espresso is a powerful text editor for web developers, from the creators of CSSEdit .
82 Espresso alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
Espresso Features
Syntax Highlighting
Spell Checking
Code Completion
Live css editing
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MacVim
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:
90 MacVim alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
MacVim Features
No registration required
Vim
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JOE
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.
62 JOE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
JOE Features
Command line interface
Support for Large File
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Discontinued
Last update on Apr 2021 and last release on Jan 2018.
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Comments about JOE as an Alternative to Vim

Guest
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.
Positive comment •Jun 13, 2019
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- JOE is Free and Open SourceVim is also Free and Open Source

LiteIDE
LiteIDE is a simple, open source, cross-platform Go IDE.
23 LiteIDE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Top LiteIDE Features
1. Lightweight
2. Dark Mode
3. Code Formatting
4. Portable
5. No registration required
6. Ad-free
7. Support for Themes
8. Support for MarkDown
9. Syntax Highlighting
10. Works Offline
11. Autocompletion
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LiteIDE VS Vim
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Lime Text
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.
65 Lime Text alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Lime Text Features
Distraction-free
Syntax Highlighting
Ruby
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Discontinued
It 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.

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Smultron
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...
75 Smultron alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
Smultron VS Vim
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