Vim
4 recommend 2 criticize 3 moved to it 6 moved away
Why hackers recommend it
“I'm glad I suffered a bit with Linux it taught me vim and resilience and using the command line / shell”bsergean, 2026-09-15original comment ↗
“Playing this felt like when I first switched from Visual Studio to Vim.”lasgawe, 2026-03-20original comment ↗
“Macros, and I love it everytime I get to use them.”worksonmine, 2026-03-07original comment ↗
“Switched from VS Code to Vim.”dawidg81, 2026-02-01original comment ↗
What hackers criticize
“I switched from vim to neovim at the time when the former didn't support true color themes”shmerl, 2026-03-29original comment ↗
“I personally also moved from vim to neovim mainly because of better LSP support.”embedding-shape, 2026-01-13original comment ↗
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Hackers moved from Vim to
- Vim → Neovim (3 hackers)
- Vim → Zed (2 hackers)
- Vim → VS Code (1 hacker)
Hackers moved to Vim from
- VS Code → Vim (2 hackers)
- Visual Studio → Vim (1 hacker)
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