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MacVim vs TextPad

A side-by-side look at MacVim and TextPad. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

MacVim

MacVim

Development

MacVim is a free, open source GUI version of the popular Vim text editor for macOS. It has a native macOS look and feel and includes additional features like clipboard support not found in terminal-based Vim.

vimtext-editormacosopen-source
TextPad

TextPad

Office & Productivity

TextPad is a text editor for Windows. It has features for editing plain text, source code, and markup languages. It's lightweight, customizable, and supports syntax highlighting, macros, editing multiple files in tabs, and more.

text-editorwindowslightweightcustomizablesyntax-highlightingmacrostabbed-editing

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