Alternatives

Products that do what Vim Powerline-like status line without the need of any plugin does

1. 1VA
   Vim Awesome – Vim plugins▲222

   2014 · vimawesome.com

2. 2SA
   Shox: A customisable status bar for your terminal▲99

   2020 · github.com

3. 3VL
   Vim-Like Layer for Xorg and Wayland▲148

   2020 · cedaei.com

4. 4AW
   A workshop on how to use Vim plugins▲94

   2015 · github.com

5. 5SV
   Subvim – Vim customized to be like SublimeText▲90

   2013 · github.com

6. 6SH
   sachet – handcraft your Vim environment online▲183

   2013 · yoursachet.com

7. 7AS
   A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120

   2017 · github.com

8. 8SA
   Sysmon, a simple DWM status bar▲5

   2022 · github.com

9. 9AD
   A dbg(...) macro for C++▲162

   2019 · github.com

10. 10AS
    A status dashboard for the NYC power grid▲54

    2012 · nycpowerstatus.com

11. 11PR
    Powerline-rs: powerline-shell rewritten in Rust▲5

    2017 · github.com

12. 12AA
    Amp – A text editor for your terminal, written in Rust▲43

    2018 · amp.rs

13. 13ST
    Simple tool for creating and organizing daily notes on the command line▲74

    2021 · github.com

14. 14VA
    VimLM – A Local, Offline Coding Assistant for Vim▲93

    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

15. 15AS
    A succinct vim-like editor.▲24

    2018 · github.com

16. 16SV
    Searchable Vim Cheat Sheet with Favorites (Open-Source)▲63

    2025 · nvim-cheatsheet.vercel.app

17. 17LR
    Livedown – realtime Markdown previews for Vim, Emacs and Sublime▲34

    2014 · github.com

18. 18YA
    Yet another Sublime Text plugin for C++ completion▲49

    2016 · github.com

19. 19SA
    SAN – a Safe and Nice TOML/YAML Alternative▲45

    2018 · astrocorp.net

20. 20AM
    AppGrid, macOS window manager with Vim–like hotkeys▲33

    2018 · github.com

21. 21SS
    Super simple notifications for long-running command line tasks▲11

    2019 · nudge.sh

22. 22VS
    VMPower – Shutdown/Startup/Backup/Resize VMs with a Calendar▲34

    2017 · vmpower.io

23. 23AS
    Automated Status Pages▲9

    2016 · hund.io

24. 24WA
    Writing a VM for a Small Stack-Base Language in Pointless▲12

    2020 · ptls.dev

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