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Vim (text editor)
Improved version of the Vi keyboard-oriented text editor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vim (/vɪm/ ⓘ;[5] vi improved) is a free and open-source, screen-based text editor program. It is an improved clone of Bill Joy's vi. Vim's author, Bram Moolenaar, derived Vim from a port of the Stevie editor for Amiga[6] and released a version to the public in 1991. Vim is designed for use both from a command-line interface and as a standalone application in a graphical user interface.[7] Since its release for the Amiga, cross-platform development has made it available on many other systems. In 2018, it was voted the most popular editor amongst Linux Journal readers;[8] in 2015 the Stack Overflow developer survey found it to be the third most popular text editor,[9] and in 2019 the fifth most popular development environment.[10]
Quick Facts Original author(s), Initial release ...
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Original author(s) | Bram Moolenaar |
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Initial release | 2 November 1991; 32 years ago (2 November 1991) |
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Written in | C, Vim script |
Operating system | Unix, Linux, Windows NT, MS-DOS, macOS, iOS, Android, Haiku, AmigaOS, MorphOS |
Type | Text editor |
License | Vim[2][3][4] |
Website | www![]() |
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For the original vi editor, see Vi (text editor).