Wig is a modal, Vim-like text editor written in Go that’s designed for source code editing.
It provides familiar Vim-style interaction together with language tooling, Tree-sitter integration, project search, buffer handling, split windows, and macro support. The project is still at an early stage of development, with the author warning users to avoid editing files that aren’t backed up.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Provides LSP autocomplete, goto definition, and hover information.
- Uses Tree-sitter for syntax-aware editing support.
- Supports Go, C, Odin, and Python.
- Includes color themes borrowed from the Helix text editor.
- Implements common Vim keybindings for daily source code editing.
- Offers file finding, buffer switching, fuzzy text search, and project-wide search.
- Supports split windows and macro recording.
- Includes an org-mode-like command workflow triggered with Ctrl-C Ctrl-C.
Website: github.com/wig-editor/wig
Support:
Developer: wig-editor
License: Apache License 2.0
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Related Software
| Vim-like Text Editors | |
|---|---|
| Neovim | Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability |
| Helix | Kakoune / Neovim inspired editor. |
| Lapce | Modern editor in Rust which uses native GUI and GPU rendering |
| NvChad | Neovim config aiming to provide a base configuration |
| LunarVim | IDE layer for Neovim |
| Kakoune | Implements Vi’s "keystrokes as a text editing language" model |
| Vis | Combining modal editing with structural regular expressions |
| vile | Text editor that combines aspects of the Emacs and vi editors |
| pyvim | Implementation of Vim in Python |
| gVim | Vim with a built-in GUI |
| amp | Vim-like editor written in Rust |
| Vy | Vim-like in Python made from scratch |
| moe | Command-line editor inspired by Vim |
| ad | Adaptable text editor |
| Levee | Also known as Captain Video |
| xvi | Portable multi-file text editor |
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