iVim

Name: iVim
Rating: 4.66452 (155 reviews)

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iVim

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User Reviews for iVim

By Far the best

iVim has literally changed how I use an iPad. Having used Vim in some form or another over the past decade, I’d become discouraged to ever use iOS as a productivity machine. Then iOS 13.4 happened, allowing us to remap tab to escape (an essential Vim key). This combined with iVim was one of the key factors for me to purchase a new iPad Pro and use it as my primary writing device. Seriously, if you use Vim at all, iVim is an essential app.Also, the latest update fixed Sharing, allowing me to easily tap on a file in the Files app, and have it automatically open in iVim. It’s great!

Ahayman, Jan 23, 2021

A very “literal” port of a truly classic piece of software

iVim does a fantastic job at bringing the power and flexibility of VIM to iOS. However, the problem with the port is that no adjustments have been made to really fit the software into iOS. For example, the app doesn’t seem to know how to cope with iOS’s automatic memory management; if you leave the app and iOS closes it to reclaim system resources, when you open it again everything will be gone. Also, I don’t know if it’s possible or not, but at the very least I personally have not been able to get any plugins to work due to iOS’s sand boxing.Right now, with the selection for developer-oriented tools on the App Store so limited, iVim still stands out, however in my opinion it is only a stopgap. What iPad really needs is a text editor with the power and flexibility of VIM built from the ground up for iOS. Whether that’s an iOS version of Sublime Text or Atom, or something entirely new.

Alex Hinnant, Apr 12, 2018

Absolutely amazing!

It is an amazing app and I would definitely love to pay for it!One thing though - it would be great to have the documentation elsewhere on the Internet other than having to use ‘help ios’ and scroll down all the time. It would help the beginners immensely! Thank you so much for making this awesome app. Now I can occasionally replace my laptop with my iPad!

CL___________, Apr 23, 2018

This is fantastic!

It’s an amazing port of Vim for iOS! There are super cool features being added at a very steady clip! I absolutely love the new font management feature that was just added. Some of the best features are behind a paywall but that’s only fair because it takes a lot of time to program and implement those features because they aren’t in core Vim and are exclusive to this version. I do wish git wasn’t locked though. Just the core functionality of git, similar to how python is available when using this app. It would be nice to be able to hack together a use for it to manage my repos and then the pay version would be the enhanced, easy to use version. I only mention this because unfortunately, for reasons, I can’t buy subscriptions from the App Store. I want to personally thank the developer(s) of this wonderful app! Your hard work is definitely appreciated. Hopefully soon I will be able to support you with a subscription because my thanks do not pay the bills.

djsnipa1chad, Dec 27, 2021

Exceptional App

Just a really nice app, and I've tried just about every iPad text editing strategy known to Man over the past several years. An almost complete vim experience with no lag in the UI (compared to running vim in iSH, for example). The plugin in-app purchase is definitely worth it to get a fully customized experience (like: airline, jellybeans, CtrlP, etc.). And, it's great that patched fonts actually work. But, $5/month for "Pro" (version control) is just sad. I'm using Working Copy instead.

donniepennington, Feb 03, 2022

Latest Updates Make This Perfect!

The latest updates (local app directories and plugin manager) addresses the issues I had with the app the first time I used it. It was a good app, but working with Working Copy was a bit clunky. It’s a fantastic app! There’s a built in terminal that isn’t obvious, but handles all the basic file/directory manipulation you’ll need.I’m so stoked about all of this, I actually wrote a review!

FryDamage, Jul 10, 2020

best text editor on IOS

nuf said really---it's vim, what do you expect?With a keyboard on my ipadI feel like i'm right at home on my linux machine. It works seamlessly, almost too well for something on IOS. It includes all the 3000 something pages of vim documentation, all the scripting capability of vimscript, and all the customizability of vim. If you are a seasoned vim user I recommend you import your .vimrc file and whatever plugins you use regularly. Being on IOS, which sandboxes pretty much everything, some functionalitly is lost and as mentioned in other reviews: the automatic memory management on IOS causes some issues after suspending the app---it's better to save before you leave just so nothing happens to you files.It's ironic that this is objectively the best text editor on IOS, and it developed before IOS was a thing… really makes you think.Anyway TLDR; this is vim, and this is the best app on the app store. Kudos to the kind people who ported it to IOS. Thanks!

harris985, Apr 22, 2021

brilliant for offline vim experience

ideally, i would have a perfect network connection, and I would just use mosh and work remotely on my linux boxes. But there are numerous dead zones along my (3-hour) train routes. So, ivim lets me work on my files locally with all the vim goodness, upon which I rely utterly. simply put, ivim lets me leave my large laptop at home and just take my iPad mini and a lightweight keyboard on my long commute. Easily one of my top 5 favourite apps. A tip: this is not neovim; so the new-fangled lua-plugins don't work. But I have essentially always found classic plugins and vimscript ways to do things. Ultimately, it is immensely slick-- just about indistinguishable from working on my linux workstation. Love it!

JA Morrison, Sep 04, 2023

Nothing short of amazing!

iVim is, by far, the best and most comprehensive incarnation of the legendary vIM for a mobile device! In particular, on an iPad Pro and external keyboard, I feel as though I am using the "real thing" on my Mac in iTerm!For those who don't use vIM, I highly encourage you to start. In my opinion, there isn't a text editor that comes close in just about every aspect of functionality. Great job, and the constant feature additions are just an added bonus!

sietec, Feb 02, 2020

Blazing fast search of large text files

I tried a slew of other text editors and word processing apps, but they were all dog slow when searching a large text file. iVim search of the same file was instantaneous. I created a .vimrc file in the home directory and set it to open the same large file on every launch along with case insensitive search enabled. Simply a delight to use. Terry, thanks so much for crafting this; please consider adding a way to donate via IAP.

tinyapps, Jan 09, 2019

Description

iVim is a project that brings the vim editor to the iOS system. It is open source, please visit the App Support URL. Font management Besides some system and embedded monospace fonts, iVim allows users to import and use their own custom fonts.

Moreover, iVim supports to render ligatures if your font provides beautiful ones. Extended keyboard By introducing compact buttons, iVim covers as many keys as possible in its extended keyboard, so that you can input symbols without switching among key groups. Moreover, you can customize it to meet your own special needs. Multistage language input iVim adds support to multistage input languages such as Chinese or Japanese. Sharing Through sharing, iVim makes its editing power available to more apps. Via the share extension, iVim can import text or text files from, or export to other apps. Via the document picker, you can also import or edit files or directories in iCloud Drive or documents providers, without leaving iVim. External hardware keyboard iVim supports external hardware keyboards well, just connect your favorite one to the device and start typing. With the native modifier keys mapping option from the system, you can even make the "caps lock" key act both as "ctrl" and "esc" in iOS 13.4 and above. External commands iVim includes some useful external commands that you are familiar with and integrates powerful scripting languages such as Python and Lua. With +terminal feature enabled and a simple shell named "ivish" included, you can run the commands in terminal windows like on a computer. Plugins management (In App Purchase required) iVim provides a plugins manager, "iplug", for you to install and manage plugins easily. Version control (iVim Pro required) iVim has native version control system integrated into its UI and workflow, you get better idea of what is happening to your files, make changes with more confidence, and collaborate in editing more conveniently than ever. iVim Pro iVim provides a monthly subscription (with an introductory 1 week free trial), named "iVim Pro", enabling extra great features: - native version control Subscriptions will be charged to your Apple ID account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscriptions in Account Settings on App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if any, will be forfeited when the user purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://github.com/terrychou/docs/blob/master/ivim-terms-of-use.md Privacy Policy: https://github.com/terrychou/docs/blob/master/ivim-privacy-policy.md Type ":help ios" in iVim for more detailed information.