Ask HN: Is Vim Dead?

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  • Vim

    The official Vim repository

  • There have been six releases of Vim _this week_. So, no, Vim is not "dead".

    https://github.com/vim/vim/tags

  • vimr

    VimR — Neovim GUI for macOS in Swift

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  • macvim

    Vim - the text editor - for macOS

  • I sure hope mainline Vim isn't dead. I keep trying NeoVim but I prefer using Vim in a GUI and no NeoVim GUI I've found has the level of polish that MacVim [1] has. VimR [2] comes close but keep finding myself going back to MacVim.

    [1] https://macvim.org/

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