vid

A minimal vim-like text editor for modern terminals written in Dart

Made for myself for fun and learning and not meant to replace your current editor

Features

• a minimal vim-like text editor for the terminal
• properly render and edit emojis and wide characters (like 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒)
• made for modern terminals that supports mode 2027 (e.g. Ghostty, WezTerm)
• written in Dart using the characters package
• unlimited undo and redo
• no-wrap, char-wrap or word-wrap
• basic vim motions and operators
• minimal command mode

Non-goals ❌

• syntax highlighting
• plugins
• 100 % vim compat
• window manager (just open a new tab or use terminal split features)
• pre-built binaries (just build it yourself)

Keyboard shortcuts

See bindings.dart

Configuration

See config.dart

Contributing

I'm open to PR's that align with vid's minimal philosophy.

I don't accept issues solely for suggestions.