Wasavi Alternatives

Wasavi is described as 'Extension for Chrome, Opera and Firefox. wasavi transforms TEXTAREA element of any page into a VI editor, so you can edit the text in VI. wasavi supports almost all VI commands and some ex commands' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Wasavi for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best Wasavi alternative is Vim, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Wasavi are Neovim, Surfingkeys, Editor and Firenvim.

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  1. Vim icon

    Vim

     1343 likes

    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.

    214 Vim alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • OpenSolaris
    • MorphOS
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Vim screenshot 1
     

    • Vim is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Wasavi.

    • Vim is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Wasavi.

    • Vim is Free and Open SourceWasavi is also Free and Open Source
    • Vim is Lightweight and CustomizableWasavi is not according to our users
  2. Neovim icon

    Neovim

     187 likes

    Refactored version of Vim, simplifying maintenance, improving developer contributions, and enabling new user interfaces. Features extensible plugin architecture, lightweight resource usage, syntax highlighting, no registration, ad-free, and distraction-free mode.

    105 Neovim alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    Neovim screenshot 1
     
  4. Surfingkeys icon

    Surfingkeys

     7 likes

    Web browser extension adding rich shortcuts to click links/switch tabs/scroll pages or capture full page, use Chrome like vim for productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Surfingkeys screenshot 1
     
  5. Editor icon

    Editor

     4 likes

    Simple Android text editor.

    76 Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Editor screenshot 1
     

    • Editor is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Wasavi.

    • Editor is Free and Open SourceWasavi is also Free and Open Source
    • Editor is LightweightWasavi is not according to our users
  6. Firenvim icon

    Firenvim

     2 likes

    This webExtension lets you use Neovim directly from your browser. Contrary to other extensions, it does not open a new OS window.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • Neovim
    • Mozilla Firefox
    With the dark mode.
     
  7. vim-anywhere icon

    vim-anywhere

     3 likes

    Once invoked, vim-anywhere will open a buffer. Close it and its contents are copied to your clipboard and your previous application is refocused.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Vy icon

    Vy

     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.

    164 Vy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Vy screenshot 1
     
  10. 4coder icon

    4coder

     1 like

    4coder is a minimalist, cross platform, programmable, code editing environment, catering to the needs of low level programmers. It allows you to use one work flow across Windows, Linux, and Mac (with the exception of your debugger... for now.).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    4coder screenshot 1
     

  11. Vis

     2 likes

    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 sam's structural regular expression based command...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Vis screenshot 1
     
  12. Bim text editor icon

    Bim text editor

     Like

    Bim is a Vim-inspired, terminal text editor originally built for ToaruOS but also available for Linux, Sortix, FreeBSD, and macOS. Bim aims to be lightweight and featureful with no external dependencies, providing a modern editing experience...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Bim text editor screenshot 1
     
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