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24 alternatives to VimCompletesMe, my first Vim plugin for Tab Completion

I made this because I was using SuperTab and noticed that it uses a lot more code when I wanted something really simple: for Vim to intelligently choose what to autocomplete for me. Maybe it has more features but to me, it tried to do too much in a single plugin. So my goal here was to made a dead-simple, minimalistic Tab completion plugin. It does this with less than 60 lines of source code, compared to around 800 for Supertab. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. VimCompletesMe, my first Vim plugin for Tab Completion launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   v0 for iOS▲655

   While using iTerm2 while busy working today, I once again felt frustrated by having too many tabs and losing the overall perspective of what tasks were in progress. So, I used v0 + Opus 4.5 to envision an ideal Terminal tab management UI in my mind, to demonstrate the best way for me to manage tabs in the terminal. What do you think?

   Oct 2025 · v0.app · its alternatives →

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   Peek▲404

   Hey HN, My cofounder and I have gotten tired of CC ignoring our markdown files so we spent 4 days and built a plugin that automatically steers CC based on our previous sessions. The problem is usually post plan-mode. What we've tried: Heavily use plan mode (works great) CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, MEMORY.md Local context folder (upkeep is a pain) Cursor rules (for Cursor) claude-mem (OSS) -> does session continuity, not steering We use fusion search to find your CC steering corrections. - user prompt embeddings + bm25 - correction embeddings + bm25 - time decay - target query embeddings -…

   2024 · gopeek.ai · its alternatives →

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   I built an interactive course that helps you learn Vim faster▲344

   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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   vim.so▲444

   Learn vim fast with interactive exercises in the browser

   2021 · learnvim.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Searchable Vim Cheat Sheet with Favorites (Open-Source)▲63

   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 →

6. 6
   Codeium: Free Copilot Alternative for Vim / Neovim▲94

   I'm Varun from the Codeium team. After support for VSCode, Jetbrains, Jupyter, and Colab, we are super excited to bring free AI-powered code autocomplete to Vim and Neovim. And in the spirit of Show HN, we have a playground version for anyone to try the tech in the browser without any installation (https://www.codeium.com/playground)! We also made the vim client open source and are open to contributions.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Hardtime.nvim – break bad habits and master Vim motions▲214

   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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   Yet another Sublime Text plugin for C++ completion▲49

   :boom: Robust C/C++ code completion for Sublime Text 3/4 - niosus/EasyClangComplete

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Master Vim▲70

   Learn Vim with interactive exercises

   2021 · vim.is · its alternatives →

10. 10AB
    A bookmarklet for Jimmy-rigging Github's editor with Vim mode▲46

    2011 · misfo.github.com · its alternatives →

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    McWig – A modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go▲152

    Hey! Check out my "toy" text editor which I use as my daily driver. Features LSP autocomplete, goto definition, hover info Tree-sitter support Color themes (borrowed from the Helix text editor) Lots of bugs Macro support Something like Emacs org-mode: Open test.txt, place the cursor at line 15, and press "Ctrl-C Ctrl-C". This project was written as a "speed run" — not for speed in terms of time, but rather as an exercise to explore the text editor problem space without overthinking or planning ahead. It’s a quick and "dirty" implementation, so to speak.…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A simple, tiny Vim and kilo-inspired editor▲120

    A dead simple editor. Contribute to hellerve/e development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Infinite Tabs Manager▲110

    A new and better way to organise all tabs.

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AV
    A vim-inspired bookmark manager▲11

    Hey HN, A couple months ago, I got fed up with my tabs and how my workflow with my browser was consistently getting out of hand. I looked at the wide array of tab manager extensions and found that just about all of them have what I considered to be deal-breakers, such as: 1. Taking over my New Tab page -- I actually like a quieter, subtle image or news feed for my New Tab page. 2. Requires a dedicated tab itself -- This means in order to manage my tabs, I have to go back to this dedicated tab on that dedicated window, and begin whatever I was going to do once I'm there. 3. User experience --…

    2022 · tabmagic.app · its alternatives →

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    I built a web app for learning Vim from the browser as a 17-year-old▲71

    Hey HN! After my own experiences with learning Vim, I wanted to skip the frustrating process of configuring a new tool before even learning how to use it. In an attempt to solve this problem, I started working on Vim Ninja, a web app that would allow developers to learn Vim through interactive lessons in the browser. It’s been a couple of months, and I’m proud to say that I’ve finally released https://VimNinja.com! Check out a demo of the app here: https://youtu.be/reukQHKqMZE. On the technical side of things, I used SvelteKit to build the entire app and Tailwind,…

    2023 · vimninja.com · its alternatives →

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    Tag my Tab▲128

    Hello Again HN ! My name is Tafita, and I'm back with my second launch: Tag my Tab The indie hacker journey hasn't gotten easier (spoiler: the imposter syndrome is real), but seeing people actually use something I built? That feeling never gets old. Meet Tag my Tab – Never Lose a Tab Again So here's the thing: while building and marketing my other products, I found myself drowning in browser tabs. Research articles, competitor analyses, design inspiration, documentation, customer feedback. I'd have 30+ tabs open, my browser grinding all my RAM and I was living in constant fear of that…

    Nov 2025 · tagmytab.com · its alternatives →

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    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 · its alternatives →

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    Tabs Outliner▲76

    An awesome solution for those with too many Chrome tabs open

    2014 · tabsoutliner.com · its alternatives →

19. 19IM
    I'm learning VIM and making a game out of it▲9

    So, I'm learning VIM and made this yesterday, I pretend to increment it as I learn new stuff. You move with HJKL and that's it for now. Don't let the sublimes consume you. http://worms.io/vimwarrior/

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Vim³ – Vim rendered on a cube for no reason▲22

    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 →

21. 21
    A succinct vim-like editor.▲24

    vyapp has 6 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Vimified | Ultimate VIM configuration▲15

    Hello guys, I wanted to get your feedback on my recent project : it aims to unify Vim configuration by aggregating some common plugins in order to provide an easy-to-use « package ». It's called vimified : https://github.com/zaiste/vimified The idea was to make it simpler than Janus (e.g. vundle instead of submodules et al.); it is also somehow similar to spf13-vim. What do you think? Thanks!

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23VA
    (vy) A nifty vim-like editor running on python3 now▲6

    https://github.com/iogf/vy

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24VC
    Vim: Convenient Code Navigation for Your Projects▲12

    2016 · dmitryfrank.com · its alternatives →

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