SketchyVim Alternatives

SketchyVim reviews and mentions

• What does "Keybindings like Vim" mean (to you)?
  2 projects | /r/vim | 22 Dec 2022

  However, I do look for projects that embed vim in other applications. Stuff like https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim, https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim, and the deceased https://www.onivim.io all embed real, actual (Neo)vim in text input fields and it just feels right

• SketchyVim: Adds all Vim moves and modes to macOS text fields
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Dec 2022
• VI-bindings everywhere - does it exist?
  6 projects | /r/neovim | 4 Oct 2022

  if you're on macOS, there's SketchyVim

• no neovim, but if you want Vim moves all around macOS
  2 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Jun 2022

  there's a free, open source project that brings a Vim backend engine to macOS: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim currently it's using libvim but a neovim port should be possible. the issue though using a Vim backend is that it's not adapted to macOS' buffer. so it will work only 1) if the text is readable and writable 2) moves like zz, L, etc. that play with screen buffers will not work.

• SketchyVim: Add native Vim to all macOS text fields
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Apr 2022

  With this nifty utility https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim you can use the power of vim in Safari, in Finder search boxes and a multitude of other places in macOS. It works by using a real vim buffer in the backend and synchronizing it with the system text fields via the accessibility API. It is super light weight and all vim text features are supported. If you enjoy vim as much as I do this utility might be worth a try.

• How do you get over wanting to use VIM motions throughout the OS?
  12 projects | /r/vim | 21 Apr 2022

  That scratchpad idea with a global hotkey sounds like a solution that could work. I haven't tried it, but isn't that similar (functionality-wise) to https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim?

• Kindavim – Vim Keybindings All over macOS
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Feb 2022

  There is a much more capable open source version of this: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim

• Svim: Vim for macOS Text Fields
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Feb 2022

  I found this very powerful tool which enables vim bindings in most macOS text boxes: https://github.com/FelixKratz/SketchyVim. It is a

• My new open source hobby project: Vim in macOS text fields
  1 project | /r/MacOS | 17 Feb 2022
• My newest hobby project: Vim in macOS text fields
  1 project | /r/opensource | 17 Feb 2022
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