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24 alternatives to Building Vim as an Portable Executable

Actually Portable Executable build of Vim. Contribute to edoannunziata/vimape development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   A workshop on how to use Vim plugins▲94

   Workshop on how to use Vim Plugins. Contribute to jez/vim-as-an-ide development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Build your own Vim emulation for VS Code▲88

   2020 · johtela.github.io · its alternatives →

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   I built an online interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster▲667

   Learn vim fast by building muscle memory. 2000+ engineers learned vim with our hands on training. Train your fingers, master vim commands!

   2021 · vim.so · its alternatives →

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   I just made my profitable online form builder open-sourced▲389

   Open-Source Form Builder. Contribute to heyform/heyform development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I spent my vacation writing a modern JVM assembler▲218

   A JVM assembler for the modern age. Contribute to roscopeco/jasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A small virtual machine written in C▲212

   "interesting" VM in C. Let's see how this goes. Contribute to tekknolagi/carp development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   CuteVim – Portable Vim with a cute vimrc▲95

   Sensible defaults for Vim. Contribute to csdvrx/CuteVim development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Vim Ninja▲112

   Master Vim right from your browser

   2023 · vimninja.com · its alternatives →

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   GitHub v3 API implemented in VimL▲29

   Another github v3 api implemented in vim script. Contribute to wsdjeg/GitHub.vim development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AVR-VM – VM with JIT-compiler for ATMega32 written in Rust▲78

    VM with JIT-compiler for ATMega32 written in Rust. Contribute to MackieLoeffel/avr-vm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    First embeddable script language/VM in C i made▲8

    Contribute to riicchhaarrd/deprecated-cgsc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    VimBox – Modern MacVim Configuration▲7

    Simple, Modern MacVim Configuration. Contribute to jordwalke/VimBox development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Luastatic – Build an executable from a Lua program▲44

    Build a standalone executable from a Lua program. Contribute to ers35/luastatic development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build is like Makefile for single files▲9

    build is like Makefile for single files. Contribute to hbbio/build development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a WASM-console using WebAssembly and tinygo▲18

    a very (x 10) basic wasm console. Contribute to rajatjindal/wasm-console development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Vy) the Vim-Like on Tkinter▲5

    A vim-like in Python. Contribute to vyapp/vy development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CoVim - Collaborative Editing for Vim▲8

    Collaborative Editing for Vim. Contribute to FredKSchott/CoVim development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Same-tbh – vim-like macros for bash▲5

    Vim-like macros for bash. Contribute to irapha/same-tbh development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Makefile.test for running your test executables▲7

    A makefile used for running test executables. Contribute to box/Makefile.test development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a Vim-like editor for building webpages▲14

    2020 · vivpage.com · its alternatives →

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    JesterKit▲15

    Distribute your SaaS as a single executable binary.

    2025 · jesterkit.com · its alternatives →

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    Get GitHub Links from VS Code▲12

    Hi HN community, A few friends of mine and I built Tym – a small VS Code extension that makes it easy to share code snippets and get feedback from your teammates. With Tym, you can select a snippet of code and add a question or terminal dump right from the right-click menu. Your teammates can then easily browse your code in a web-based version of VSCode, even if you have uncommitted changes (we make a commit to a hidden git reference in your repo). We made Tym so we don’t have to go to Github and find lines every time we want to share a piece of code. With Tym, you can stay in VS Code and…

    2022 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Transient – A tool for creating VMs for testing and development▲17

    A wrapper for QEMU allowing the creation of virtual machines with shared folder, ssh, and disk creation support. - GitHub - ALSchwalm/transient: A wrapper for QEMU allowing the creation of virtual machines with shared folder, ssh, and disk creation support.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Remote Compilation for Your Build▲11

    Your A.I. powered TikTok assistant. Tell Stormy what type of video you want to make and Stormy will use artificial intelligence to write you a brand new video script the world has never seen before.

    2020 · stormyapp.com · its alternatives →

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