Vis Alternatives

Vis is described as 'Aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with sam's structural regular expression based command' and is a Text Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Vis for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Vis alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vis are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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Vis

Text Editor
Free • Open Source

Vis aims to be a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. It extends vi's modal editing with built-in support for multiple cursors/selections and combines it with...

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Vis alternatives page was last updated Jul 26, 2019

Programmer's Notepad
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.
128 Programmer's Notepad alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
+7
Programmer's Notepad Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Portable
3. Tabbed interface
4. Multiple languages
5. Support for regular expressions
6. Search and Replace
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Discontinued
not updated since 3 dec 2016
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Xed
A text editor forked from Pluma and Gedit. Xed is the default text editor of Linux Mint. It can be customized and is available in multiple languages.
157 Xed alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Linux
+4
Xed Features
1. Lightweight
2. Syntax Highlighting
3. No registration required
4. Customizable
5. X server
6. Support for Unicode
7. Automatic Indentation
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Spacemacs
Spacemacs is an beautiful Emacs distribution designed for both GNU Emacs and Vim users.
40 Spacemacs alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Spacemacs Features
EMACS
Vim
Vim key mapping
Emacs integration
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+2
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EmEditor
EmEditor is a fast Unicode 64bit text editor for Windows 11/10/7/Vista/XP/2000 supporting extremely large files (up to 248 GB), binary files, comparison, multiline editing, easy numbering, scriptable macros, CSV files, script key...

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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...
79 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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EditPlus
EditPlus is a text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows. While it can serve as a good Notepad replacement, it also offers many powerful features for Web page authors and programmers.
68 EditPlus alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
EditPlus Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. PHP IDE
3. Support for regular expressions
4. Support for FTP
5. Search and Replace
6. Tabbed interface
7. Shell integration
8. Integrated Web Browser
9. Support for Unicode
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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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metapad
Metapad is a small, fast (and completely free) text editor for Windows 9x/NT/XP/Vista with similar features to Microsoft Notepad but with many extra (and rather useful) features. It was designed to completely replace Notepad since it includes all of Notepads features and much...
107 metapad alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
metapad Features
Portable
Simple text editor
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+2
Discontinued
The last update was in 2012.
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Text Editor Pro
Text Editor Pro (formerly EditBone) is a powerful text editing tool that comes with syntax highlighting, support for over 50 languages and scripts, 22 different styles, a handy file comparison feature and support for multiple directories and search results.
74 Text Editor Pro alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
Text Editor Pro Features
Portable
Syntax Highlighting
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EditPad Lite
EditPad Lite is a compact general-purpose text editor. Use EditPad Lite to easily edit any kind of plain text file. EditPad Lite has all the essential features to make text editing a breeze:
123 EditPad Lite alternatives
License model
- Free Personal • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
EditPad Lite Features
1. Portable
2. Minimalistic
3. Multiple languages
4. Support for Large File
5. Support for regular expressions
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SynWrite
SynWrite is a free source code editor and notepad replacement for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
168 SynWrite alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Total Commander
SynWrite Features
Spell Checking
Syntax Highlighting
Portable
Tree structure
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Discontinued
Last update was on 29-08-2017. Synwrite is continued on CudaText.Only there is no Total Commander plug-in with CudaText.
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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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BabelPad
BabelPad is a free Unicode text editor for Windows that supports the proper rendering of most complex scripts, and allows you to assign different fonts to different scripts in order to facilitate multi-script text editing.
153 BabelPad alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
BabelPad Features
Portable
Support for Unicode
Multiple languages
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