DroidVim

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4.3
725 reviews
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

This app is for those who understand Vim and unix.

DroidVim is a Vim clone text editor ported for Android.
Vim (huge version, multi language), grep, diff and ctags are ready to use.

Features:

▼ External storage support - External SD card, USB memory, GoogleDrive, Dropbox, etc.
▼ Special Keys - Esc, Ctrl, Tab, Arrow keys and more.
▼ Direct input - Disabling predictive text and/or auto correction for normal mode.
▼ Clipboard - Clipboard commands ("*p "*y) are supported.
▼ Custom Font - Use your favorite monospaced font.
▼ Touch to move - Touch, swipe, flick to move cursor.
▼ Multi language - Vim with multi byte option, iconv and multi language messages.

Extra features (in-app purchase):
▼Git - Version Control System.
▼Python - Programming language.

Appendix:
DroidVim is an open source project.
Updated on
2 May 2024

Data safety

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Ratings and reviews

4.4
643 reviews
A Google user
2 August 2019
Why is this now (A) starting up on its own and running in the background; (B) setting itself up as a disk-drive?!?!?!? The latter causes the built-in Android 8 file manager to crash, making it impossible to open files & directories in many other apps, rendering those apps unusable. ---------- I'm done. I'll stick with running actual vim from within Termux.
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A Google user
20 September 2018
DroidVim is an excellent implementation of Vim for Android with plenty of useful features. I previously used VimTouch but moved on after the project was completely dead. Termux does have Vim available, but that project is focused more on a terminal Linux environment. With DroidVim, you get a full version of Vim bundled with various useful tools and settings that allows for comfortable editing on touchscreens along with a wide range of editing options. If you're looking for a version of Vim for Android, try out DroidVim for an app that allows for easier editing with many helpful features.
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Chris Perry
23 October 2023
I wanted an editor that could quickly edit documents that are a megabyte or more in size. DroidVim seems fine editing and searching through such documents. (I'll never use "advanced" features such as programming language support, so I can't comment on those.) I've found the developer to be quick and helpful in response to questions via email. It took me a while to adjust to DroidVim's modes and commands but I'm now very pleased with it.
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What's new

* Vim 9.1.0374.
* Add MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission.
Direct access to internal storage is now possible even with Android 11 or later.