Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Vim
Editor that makes text maniuplation easy and quitting hard.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Vim launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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vim.so▲444Learn vim fast with interactive exercises in the browser
2021 · learnvim.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · vimonlineeditor.com · its alternatives →
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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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Sublime Text 3.0▲1,273The long awaited version 3 of the popular code editor
2017 · sublimetext.com · its alternatives →
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Sublime Text 4▲516The sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose
2021 · sublimetext.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · dmitryfrank.com · its alternatives →
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Your coworker who uses Vim is 3x faster than you and they know it. They smile about it. Not for much longer. Interactive exercises, runs in your browser.
2021 · vim.is · its alternatives →
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vyapp has 6 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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TextMate 2.0▲155Powerful and customizable text editor for Mac
2019 · macromates.com · its alternatives →
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As a Vim user, I often use Vim to write some text and then copy & paste it into another text field of GUI apps (e.g. browsers, chat apps, etc.), because almost all of these text fields provide only very basic editing functions. A while ago, I came up with an idea: what if we could use Vim as an IME? Ordinary IMEs are used to input some non-English characters, but the essential functions of IME are 1) receiving a keyboard sequence 2) process the key sequence and outputting a text These functions are the same as text editor's. So I thought implementing an IME that can be used with Vim…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Vim rendered on a cube for no reason. Contribute to oakes/vim_cubed development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey show HN! This course came about as a result of wanting a more targeted way of practicing using new vim commands I wanted to pick up, rather than just trying to use them in my regular code editing sessions. When I would try to use new commands during code editing, my productivity took a hit because I was trying to do two different things at once: thinking about code vs practicing my muscle memory. So, I made a separate environment for practicing, one that had an interactive editor, progress tracking, and achievement goals to let me see which areas I should work on, like speed and…
2022 · vimified.com · its alternatives →
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An editor that makes your writing bold and clear
2015 · hemingwayapp.com · its alternatives →
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VimLM is a local, offline coding assistant for Vim. It’s like Copilot but runs entirely on your machine—no APIs, no tracking, no cloud. - Deep Context: Understands your codebase (current file, selections, references). - Conversational: Iterate with follow-ups like "Add error handling". - Vim-Native: Keybindings like `Ctrl-l` for prompts, `Ctrl-p` to replace code. - Inline Commands: `!include` files, `!deploy` code, `!continue` long responses. Perfect for privacy-conscious devs or air-gapped environments. Try it: ``` pip install vimlm vimlm ```…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Break bad habits, master Vim motions. Contribute to m4xshen/hardtime.nvim development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Explore essential Neovim and Vim commands, remaps, plugin commands, and create a personalized cheatsheet to boost text editing efficiency.
2025 · nvim-cheatsheet.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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vim-hackernews▲1932015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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VNote▲78A Vim-inspired note-taking application with Markdown
2018 · tamlok.github.io · its alternatives →
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