What is Spacevim?
Spacevim is a distribution of the Vim text editor that has been preconfigured with many plugins and settings to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience. The goal of Spacevim is to build a lightweight and fast Vim configuration focused on ergonomics and customizability.
Some of the key features that come bundled with Spacevim include:
- Intuitive mappings and shortcuts for faster editing
- Support for writing code in various programming languages
- Integrated terminal emulator
- Fuzzy finding of files and symbols in a project
- Snippets and auto-completion capabilities
- Git integration
- Extensive theming options and customization
Spacevim tries to strike a balance between keeping the fast performance of native Vim while adding commonly used functionality expected in modern code editors. It reduces the need for manually installing and configuring many separate Vim plugins. The project is open-source and new plugins or layers can be added to fit particular workflows.
In summary, Spacevim supercharges Vim by integrating the editor tightly with support for writing and managing code, while retaining the speed and modal editing model that Vim is known for.
Visual Studio Code, Neovim, VSCodium, GNU Emacs, Lapce, Spacemacs, CudaText, MacVim, Kakoune, JetBrains Fleet, Helix are some alternatives to Spacevim.