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 Apr 8, 2024

Judge0 IDE
Judge0 IDE is a free and open-source online code editor that allows you to write and execute code from a rich set of languages. It's perfect for anybody who just wants to quickly write and run some code without opening a full-featured IDE on their computer.
174 Judge0 IDE alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Judge0 IDE VS Vis
Is Judge0 IDE a good alternative to Vis?
- Judge0 IDE is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Vis.
- Judge0 IDE is Free and Open SourceVis is also Free and Open Source

TextPad
TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Server 2003 and 2008.
127 TextPad alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
TextPad Features
Search and Replace
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TextPad VS Vis
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Caret
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:
104 Caret alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Chrome OS
- Google Chrome
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Caret Features
1. Autocompletion
2. Works Offline
3. Syntax Highlighting
4. Customizable
5. Code Completion
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Discontinued
Github repository has been archived by the owner on Mar 17, 2022
Caret VS Vis
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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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TwistPad
Twistpad is a fully featured text and code editor for Windows. Twistpad can be used as a simple notepad replacer, or a featured packed editor targeting web and software developers.
86 TwistPad alternatives
$Twistpad editing a PHP\HTML file, with split editing, with the clipboard and the file browser window visible. Notice that the search for 'updated' is highlighted automatically$
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
$Twistpad editing a PHP\HTML file, with split editing, with the clipboard and the file browser window visible. Notice that the search for 'updated' is highlighted automatically$
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Top TwistPad Features
1. Syntax Highlighting
2. Ad-free
3. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
4. Full-Text Search
5. Spell Checking
6. Dark Mode
7. Privacy focused
8. Works Offline
9. Support for Themes
10. Portable
11. Autocompletion
12. No Tracking
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TwistPad VS Vis
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NoteTab
NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.
146 NoteTab alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
NoteTab Features
Support for scripting
Search and Replace
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NoteTab VS Vis
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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.
Lime Text VS Vis
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Tilde
Tilde is a text editor for the console/terminal, which provides an intuitive interface for people accustomed to GUI environments such as Gnome, KDE and Windows. Example: copy current selection is Control-C; paste previously copied text is Control-V.
124 Tilde alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Linux
Tilde Features
1. Lightweight
2. Autocompletion
3. Full-Text Search
4. Syntax Highlighting
5. Terminal-based
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Tilde VS Vis
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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 Vis
Is Smultron a good alternative to Vis?

MadEdit
MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.
138 MadEdit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
MadEdit Features
Syntax Highlighting
Hex Editor
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
MadEdit VS Vis
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Spacevim
Spacevim is Spacemacs for Vim .
29 Spacevim alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Spacevim Features
Vim
EMACS
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Spacevim VS Vis
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Buffer Text Editor
Celebrating transience, Buffer provides a minimal editing space for all those things that don't need keeping. Designed for keyboard workflows on desktop.
51 Buffer Text Editor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
Buffer Text Editor Features
1. Distraction-free
2. Lightweight
3. No registration required
4. Ad-free
5. Minimalistic
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Buffer Text Editor VS Vis
Is Buffer Text Editor a good alternative to Vis?

TEXTREME
TEXTREME is a lively, animated text editor with the feel of a retro videogame complete with sounds and game-like visual effects. The screen shakes as you type while particle effects decorate new characters.
103 TEXTREME alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
TEXTREME Features
Text editing
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TEXTREME VS Vis
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