Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.
Read more
Tag: vi
red – modal terminal editor with agent-assisted workflows
red is a Vim-style terminal code editor with LSP, Tree-sitter, Git tools, split windows and optional editor-aware Codex assistance.
Read more
bvi – hex editor
bvi is a vi-style terminal hex editor for binary files with familiar navigation, editing commands and a companion read-only viewer.
Read more
pyvim – terminal Vim implementation using prompt_toolkit
pyvim is a Python-based Vim-like terminal editor with split windows, tab pages, Pygments highlighting and Python code assistance.
Read more
xvi – portable multi-window vi-compatible text editor
xvi is a small portable vi-style editor with multiple text windows, file switching and a familiar command-driven editing interface.
Read more
fileobj – ncurses based hex editor
fileobj is an ncurses hex editor with a vi-style interface, multiple buffers and windows, partial loading, block-device support and undo.
Read more
Levee – lightweight vi-style terminal text editor
Levee is a lightweight terminal text editor with vi-style commands, regular expression searching, substitutions, macros, and tag navigation.
Read more
Alternatives to popular CLI tools: vi
This article spotlights alternative tools to vi, a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system.
Read more
vimpc – vi/vim inspired client for mpd
vimpc is a vi/vim inspired client for the Music Player Daemon (mpd). vimpc is free and open source software.
Read more
8 Lesser Known Yet Awesome Text Editors
Irrespective of the operating system used, the text editor is one of those quintessential applications for many users. A text editor is software used for editing plain text files. Text editors are used to write programming code, change configuration files, take notes, and more. For this feature, we wanted to select alternative text editors which are definitely worth trying but may have been missed given that they receive less coverage in Linux publications, and are not included or installed by default in many Linux distributions.
Read more