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Pencil Journal vs vim-pad

A side-by-side look at Pencil Journal and vim-pad. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Pencil Journal

Pencil Journal

Office & Productivity

Pencil Journal is a free and open-source journaling app for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. It allows keeping a digital journal or diary with rich text formatting, photos, tags and more. Pencil Journal emphasizes privacy and does not collect personal data.

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vim-pad

Development

vim-pad is a simple text editor and IDE that is inspired by Vim. It provides modal editing, Vim key bindings, syntax highlighting, and other features modeled after Vim. vim-pad aims to bring Vim's efficient text editing to a more modern interface.

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