EVi is a hard-fork of Vim version 9.1.0 from January 2024, created before AI features were introduced into the main Vim project. The project emphasizes being 'AI-free' and focuses on maintaining a clean, traditional text editor experience. It appears to be an active fork with recent commits addressing technical issues like argv[0] parsing problems.
Background
Vim is one of the most popular text editors among developers, known for its modal editing and extensive customization. Recent versions have begun incorporating AI features, which has led some community members to create forks preserving the traditional Vim experience.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Mar 10, 2026 at 04:51 PM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10