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Kakoune vs Visual Studio Code

A side-by-side look at Kakoune and Visual Studio Code. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Kakoune

Kakoune

Development

Kakoune is a modal text editor focused on interactivity and efficiency. It provides vi/vim inspired key bindings and modes along with multiple selections and other innovative text editing features. Kakoune is lightweight, customizable, and aims to provide a productive and enjoyable editing experience.

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Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code

Development

Visual Studio Code is a free, open-source, lightweight code editor developed by Microsoft. It supports debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, and Git control. VS Code has a large extension ecosystem allowing developers to add new languages, themes, debuggers and tools.

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