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24 alternatives to Vimtutor

The first step in learning Vim, it all starts here

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Vimtutor launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Learning VIM while playing a game

    2015 · vim-adventures.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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    vim.so▲444

    Learn vim fast with interactive exercises in the browser

    2021 · learnvim.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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    vimgifs▲131

    Learn about vim by watching gifs

    2016 · vimgifs.com · its alternatives →

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    2017 · anuragpeshne.github.io · 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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    Learn Vim with interactive exercises

    2021 · vim.is · its alternatives →

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    Vim Ninja▲112

    Master Vim right from your browser

    2023 · vimninja.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Learn from expertly curated web, print and video content.

    2016 · wallpapers.com · its alternatives →

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    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Edit Text at the Speed of Thought

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Just launched my app, VimGolf.ai! As users complete the levels on the map, I introduce progressively more complicated concepts — it’s aimed at people who have never used Vim. Any feedback would be much appreciated!

    Jul 2026 · vimgolf.ai · its alternatives →

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    A tool for everyone to create, experience and teach

    2017 · vimsical.com · its alternatives →

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    VIM Adventures is an online game based on VIM

    2022 · vim-adventures.com · its alternatives →

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    Vi▲104

    The first true artificial intelligence personal trainer

    2016 · kickstarter.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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    A dead simple editor. Contribute to hellerve/e development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Vim▲7

    Editor that makes text maniuplation easy and quitting hard.

    2018 · vim.org · its alternatives →

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    Improve your Vim skills, one week at a time. Tips, tricks, plugins, and more. Click to read VimTricks, by Colin Bartlett, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

    2020 · vimtricks.substack.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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