blaVIM

blaVIM is a cross-platform, open-source text editor designed to deliver a Vim-like modal editing experience with modern extensibility. The project aims to combine efficient keystroke-based navigation with a programmable extension system, enabling users to tailor their workflow.

The editor emphasizes performance and configurability. It provides modal editing by default, with normal, insert, visual, and command modes, and supports Vim-compatible commands and mappings. blaVIM includes a plugin architecture that allows extensions in its own scripting language or in Lua, and boasts a library of community plugins for syntax highlighting, autocompletion, LSP integration, and file navigation. The core can operate in terminal and GUI modes, and supports multiple panes, tabs, and a built-in terminal emulator.

Development and licensing: blaVIM is developed by the BlaVIM Project, a community-driven effort started in collaboration with contributors worldwide. It is published under a permissive open-source license, and provides builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It emphasizes portability and minimal dependencies.

Reception and usage: among developers seeking a Vim-like experience with modern tooling, blaVIM is noted for fast startup and responsive editing, though it has a learning curve similar to Vim and a plugin ecosystem that can diverge from standard Vim.

Related projects include Vim, Neovim, and Kakoune.