Instead of Vim, try one of these 5.
Every alternative is lined up against Vim on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Vim sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
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Vim alternatives at a glance
Vim is a free code editors app. We compared 5 alternatives: 4 are open source, 4 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 5 work fully offline. The most popular is Visual Studio Code, with 4.1k likes.
The most popular code editor, with a huge extension marketplace.
Free · Open source · Works offlineVS Code without Microsoft telemetry or branding.
Free · Open source · Works offlineGPU-accelerated collaborative code editor in Rust.
Free · Open source · Works offlineBlazingly fast, minimalist text editor for code.
Paid · Works offline