Vy Alternatives

Vy is described as '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' and is a Code Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Vy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Vy alternative is Notepad++, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vy are Visual Studio Code, VSCodium, Sublime Text and Vim.

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Vy alternatives page was last updated Jun 14, 2025
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  1. McWig

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    McWig is a modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    McWig screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Autocompletion
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Modal editor
    6.  Org-mode
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

    McWig VS Vy

     
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    Caret

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    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:

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Caret screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Github repository has been archived by the owner on Mar 17, 2022

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Code Completion

    Caret VS Vy

     
  4. Text icon

    Text

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    Text.app is a simple text editor for Chrome OS and Chrome. It's fast, lets you open multiple files at once, has syntax highlighting, and saves to Google Drive on Chrome OS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    Text screenshot 1

    Text Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    4. Dropbox icon  Sync with Dropbox

    Text VS Vy

     
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    EmEditor

    EmEditor is a versatile text, code, and CSV editor designed for Windows. It offers lightweight, user-friendly, and extendable platform, with both 32-bit and 64-bit builds. The software also features AI-assisted writing.

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  6. TED Notepad icon

    TED Notepad

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    Replace notepad with free Unicode notepad replacement, rich in innovative features, text-processing functions, tools and hot-keys.

    96 TED Notepad alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    TED Notepad screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Color coding

    TED Notepad VS Vy

     
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    GetDiz

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    GetDiz is a fully featured text editor which can replace Notepad while maintaining an incredible speed, ease of use and small size. You can display and edit any text files with GetDiz. Additionally it offers enhanced functionality with DIZ and NFO files, which are often included...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AT flagAustria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    GetDiz screenshot 1

    GetDiz Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  ASCII Art

    GetDiz VS Vy

     
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    Tilde

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Tilde screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Autocompletion
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Syntax Highlighting
    4.  Terminal-based

    Tilde VS Vy

     
  10. MadEdit icon

    MadEdit

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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor

    MadEdit VS Vy

     
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    NoteTab

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    NoteTab is a leading text editor, popular Windows Notepad replacement, and powerful code-based HTML editor for Windows.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    NoteTab screenshot 1

    NoteTab Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Search and Replace

    NoteTab VS Vy

     
  12. Onivim 2 icon

    Onivim 2

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    Onivim 2 is a retro-futuristic modal editor - the next iteration of the Onivim project - combining Vim-style modal editing with the aesthetics and language features of modern editors.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Onivim 2 screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last GitHub commit is from December 11, 2021.

    Onivim 2 Features

    1.  Command palette
    2.  Code Completion

    Onivim 2 VS Vy

     
  13. RJ TextEd icon

    RJ TextEd

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    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...

    124 RJ TextEd alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RJ TextEd screenshot 1

    RJ TextEd Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting

    RJ TextEd VS Vy

     
  14. TextEdit icon

    TextEdit

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    When you need to create text documents, TextEdit is a highly versatile word processor, including tools to format and layout your page, edit and stylize text, check spelling, create tables and lists, import graphics, work with HTML, and even add music and movie files.

    99 TextEdit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TextEdit main interface (Updated) (Noticed I used the same text thing as the other one?)

    TextEdit Features

    1.  Graphical User Interface
    2.  Plain text file
    3.  Rich text editing

    TextEdit VS Vy

     
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    GoLand

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    A Clever IDE to Go.

    12 GoLand alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    GoLand screenshot 1

    GoLand Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  Refactoring
    3.  Code Completion

    GoLand VS Vy

     
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