Vim

The official Vim repository (by vim)

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  1. Visual Studio Code

    3,145 Vim VS Visual Studio Code

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  3. neovim

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  13. sublime_text

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  16. micro-editor

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  17. intellij-plugins

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  19. Geany

    93 Vim VS Geany

    A fast and lightweight IDE

  20. SpaceVim

    86 Vim VS SpaceVim

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    23 Vim VS vim-win32-installer

    Vim Win32 Installer

  22. macvim

    20 Vim VS macvim

    Vim - the text editor - for macOS

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    todaypp
    · 12 months ago
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    Review ★★★★★ 10/10

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vim/vim is an open source project licensed under Vim License which is not an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of Vim is Vim Script.


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