Vim
The official Vim repository (by vim)
Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code (by microsoft)
| Vim | Visual Studio Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 435 | 3,164 | |
| 38,525 | 174,519 | |
| 0.8% | 1.1% | |
| 9.9 | 10.0 | |
| 3 days ago | 1 day ago | |
| Vim Script | TypeScript | |
| Vim License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of Vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-15.
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VIM is gem!!
Official site of VIM VIM git repo Here you can download Or refer some YouTube videos
- GNU Readline: Uma experiência Shell mais agradável no seu terminal
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Development Environment Configuration
Editors: Helix, NeoVim, Vim, Visual Studio Code
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How to Get Started with Bash Scripting for Automation
Use a text editor: nano, vim, or graphical editors like VSCode with Bash extensions.
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What I've Learned About My Editing Skills
A friend showed me a cool editor named vim and some tricks he did with text on it.
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How to start using Vim
Vim and Neovim
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Visual Studio vs. Visual Studio Code: An In-depth Comparison
Whereas Visual Studio Code is a text editor whose functionality and performance is aided by extensions. Some of the other notable text editors like Visual Studio Code include Atom, Sublime Text, Vim and Notepad++.
- Robert Elder's Guide to GNU Coreutils
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Kivy – a cross platform Python UI framework
Kivy led to one of my first open source contributions in 2014. I submitted Kivy file support to Vim. It was done via patch diffs over email with Bram Moolenaar. It's still in Vim today[1].
RIP Bram.
[1]: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/syntax/kivy.v...
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User and groups creation automation in linux
Editor (Vim, Vi, Nano, VSCode). I will be using Vim as the editor of choice; here is a link to learn more about Vim.
Visual Studio Code
Posts with mentions or reviews of Visual Studio Code.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-07-15.
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Code highlighting with Cursor AI used for $500k theft
And yet, this entire class of abuse is only possible because Microsoft refuse to implement any kind of permission management or sandboxing for extensions.
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116
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How to Create a Node.js Project in VS Code
Install VS Code from the official site.
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**The Complete Beginner's Guide to Git & GitHub for Website Content Editing on macOS**
Download from code.visualstudio.com or:
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AI-Driven Development: Code Smarter with Vue.js, Beginners-Friendly 2025
Cursor: AI-driven code suggestions for VS Code.
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Copilot Chat in VS Code is now open source
I'm not sure I see the problem. The number of merged PR's looks on the high side for a FOSS project.
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclo...
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Git & GitHub Collaboration
Download VS Code from the https://code.visualstudio.com/. Install it by following the setup instructions.
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First Day as a Developer:
I installed VS Code from ➡️https://code.visualstudio.com.
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Setting Up Git, Python, WSL, Docker, and GitHub SSH
3.Visual Studio Code (Text Editor) VS Code is lightweight and great for Python/Django development. Where you write and edit your code. it's important cause you Syntax highlighting, auto-complete, and error detection Tools like VS Code improve speed and productivity How Installed It: Downloaded from code.visualstudio.com Or you can install it from microsoft store by typing "Vs Code"
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Show HN: VSCode/Cursor/Windsurf Extensions Might Be Dangerous
Nice work! This has actually been an open feature request since 2018 [0]. I've been wanting something like this for a while.
[0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/52116
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Setting Up Your Windows Development Environment Edition
3.Vs Code I decided to use (VS Code)as my text editor of choice because it's lightweight, incredibly fast, and very beginner-friendly. It also has a vibrant extension ecosystem, built-in Git support, and seamless integration with tools like Python, Docker, and WSL — making it ideal for both newcomers and experienced developers alike. use this link to download;https://code.visualstudio.com/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Vim and Visual Studio Code you can also consider the following projects:
Geany - A fast and lightweight IDE
community - Public feedback discussions for: GitHub Mobile, GitHub Discussions, GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Sponsors, GitHub Issues and more!
KDevelop - Cross-platform IDE for C, C++, Python, QML/JavaScript and PHP
identity-obj-proxy - An identity object using ES6 proxies. Useful for mocking webpack imports like CSS Modules.
GNU Emacs - Mirror of GNU Emacs