Vim (text editor)
| Vim | |
|---|---|
Vim running in a terminal emulator | |
| Original author(s) | Bram Moolenaar |
| Initial release | 2 November 1991 |
| Stable release | 9.1
/ 2 January 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Vim script |
| Operating system | Unix, Linux, Windows NT, MS-DOS, macOS, iOS, Android, Haiku, AmigaOS, MorphOS |
| Type | Text editor |
| License | Vim |
| Website | www |
Vim (/vɪm/ ⓘ; 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 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. 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; in 2015 the Stack Overflow developer survey found it to be the third most popular text editor, and in 2019 the fifth most popular development environment.