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Text Editor

16 Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors

January 2, 2026 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Text editors remain a controversial area. Here are our recommended Vim-like text editors. They are all released under an open source license.

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10 Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs

December 29, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, Roundup, Utilities

Neovim’s RPC support lets developers create new front-ends (GUIs) for Neovim that are outside of the terminal. We make our recommendations.

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Web Browsers

wyeb – vim-like webkit2gtk web browser

October 19, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

wyeb is a vim-like webkit2gtk web browser. wyeb is inspired by dwb and luakit, so basically usage is similar to them.

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moe – command-line editor inspired by Vim

October 2, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

moe is a command line based editor inspired by Vim written in Nim.

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pyvim – implementation of Vim in Python

September 21, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

pyvim is an implementation of Vim in Python. There are no C extensions.

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VNote – Vim-inspired note-taking application

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity

VNote is designed to provide a pleasant note-taking platform with excellent editing experience.

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Text Editor

xvi – portable multi-file text editor

September 19, 2025 Steve Emms Documents, TUI

xvi is a portable multi-window version of the UNIX editor ‘vi’, derived from “STEVIE” in the 1980s.

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VoIP

iamb – Matrix client for Vim addicts

January 29, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Internet

iamb is a terminal-based client for Matrix for the Vim addict.You can edit messages, navigate windows and manage tabs.

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Files

nvim-tree – file explorer for Neovim

January 5, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity, Utilities

nvim-tree.lua is a file explorer / filesystem tree view plugin for Neovim. It’s written in Lua.

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calendar.vim – calendar application for Vim

June 30, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Productivity

calendar.vim is a calendar application for Vim.

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Git Clients

Fugitive – Vim plugin for Git

November 4, 2023 Steve Emms Programming

Fugitive is billed as the premier Vim plugin for Git. Vim is a highly configurable text editor.

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Emoji

vim-emoji – emoji in Vim

November 4, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Other

vim-emoji is an emoji utility for Vim. Vim is a contraction of Vi IMproved), a screen-based text editor program.

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Text Editor

Levee – vi clone

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Levee is a screen oriented editor based on the Unix editor “vi”. It provides a terse, powerful way to enter and edit text.

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Text Editor

Vy – Vim-like in Python made from scratch

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Vy is a Vim-like program written from scratch.Vy is a modal editor with a very modular architecture. vy is built on top of Tkinter.

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Text Editor

amp – complete text editor for your terminal

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Amp is a modal text editor for your terminal. Keystrokes perform different functions based on the current mode.

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gVim – Vim with a built-in GUI

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

gVim is Vim with a graphical interface. Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi.

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Vis – Combining Modal Editing with Structural Regular Expressions

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Vis is a modern, legacy-free, simple yet efficient editor, combining the strengths of both vi(m) and sam. Free and open source software.

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Text Editor

NvChad – Neovim config

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

NvChad is a neovim config aiming to provide a base configuration with very beautiful UI and blazing fast startup time.

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Text Editor

vile – text editor that combines aspects of the Emacs and vi editors

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

vile is an open source text editor which retains the feel of vi(m). It is not a clone of vi. vile is free and open source software.

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Kakoune – implements Vi’s “keystrokes as a text editing language” model

October 24, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

Kakoune is an open source code editor that implements Vi’s “keystrokes as a text editing language” model. It has similarities with Vim.

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