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IntelliJ IDEANeovim
Freemium

The Community Edition is free. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate requires a paid subscription.

 Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, with some parts under the Vim licence.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Refactorings and inspections that understand the whole project, not just the file
  • Community Edition is free and open source
  • Built-in LSP client for semantic code inspection and refactoring
  • Tree-sitter parsing for fast, accurate highlighting, navigation and text objects
  • Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features
  • Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
  • Modal editing is a real learning curve if you have not used Vim
  • A usable setup usually means assembling plugins or adopting someone else’s configuration
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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