TUI editor and Vim/Neovim alternative

1. v

   1 249 37,854 10.0 V

   Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io

   

   Oh, hello again. :)

   I have no desire to get into a discussion. You can find plenty of details in feedback from people who have given your language a try over the years. Here's a blog post from September 2024[1]. A quick glance at the open issues yields [2], and many others if you search for "immutable".

   To be fair, open issues are a sign of interest and people wanting to move the project forward, which is good. I think what you're trying to achieve is commendable, and I truly wish a language as you envisioned it existed. But it's really hard to take the project seriously when one of its core features is not well defined and causes confusion after 5 years of existence.

   I remember running into similar issues when I tried it last year, but just didn't bother to document or report any of it. You can assume that for every person who bothers to create an issue, there are 10x that amount who don't bother and move on.

   [1]: https://justinas.org/the-bizarre-world-of-v

   [2]: https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/23509

2. AppSignal

   www.appsignal.com sponsored

   AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.

   

3. lilly

   2 3 466 9.5 V

   TUI editor and VIM/Neovim alternative

   

4. awesome-v

   3 6 2,105 8.1

   A curated list of awesome V frameworks, libraries, software and resources.

   

   V has good ideas on paper, but most of its claimed features are aspirational. Actually using it for any real world project is an exercise in frustration and confusion, since you're never sure if the weird behavior is intentional or a bug. The documentation is outdated, missing or wrong. The implementation is a mess, even in its pre-1.0 state. Most projects written in it[1] are either demos or abandonware.

   Much has been discussed about it, and every few years someone writes a "V Language Review" with the same findings. I gave it a try a few months ago and ran into many of the same issues. I'd stay away, and stick with Go, or Zig, Odin or Nim if you're interested in similar alternatives.

   [1]: https://github.com/vlang/awesome-v

5. flow

   4 12 2,221 9.9 Zig

   Flow Control: a programmer's text editor (by neurocyte)

   

   Haven't tried it, but it looks nice. Well done to the authors.

   Reminds me of Flow Control (https://flow-control.dev/), which is really nice and comfortable to use! It looks and feels more mature than a 0.x release.

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