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brew install vim v9.2.0650 Vim

Modal text editor extending Vi with plugins, syntax highlighting, and scripting support.

Why you might care

Vim is ubiquitous on Unix/Linux servers and deeply customizable via VimScript or Lua; choose it if you live in the terminal and want a lightweight, keyboard-driven editor with powerful multi-file editing, macros, and a massive plugin ecosystem. It's the de facto standard for remote editing over SSH and requires minimal system resources.

Categories

editor text-processor

Alternatives

vi nano emacs neovim
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30-day installs · #219
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90-day · #228
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365-day · #241

Runtime dependencies

libsodium ncurses gettext

Build dependencies

gettext lua python@3.14 ruby

Links

Caveats

Additional features can be enabled by installing: lua, python@3.14, ruby

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