Description
Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is often called a 'programmer's editor' and is so useful for programming that many consider it an entire IDE.
Key Features
- Modal editing
- Extensive plugin system
- Powerful search and replace
- Macros
- Ubiquitous on Unix systems
Use Cases
- System administration
- Remote development
- Efficient text editing
- Programming
- Configuration file editing
Pricing Model
Free and open source
Integrations
Git, LSP, Tmux, Various language support, Terminal emulators
Target Audience
System administrators, Power users, Developers, DevOps engineers, Vim enthusiasts
Launch Date
1991
Available On
Linux, macOS, Windows, Unix
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