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vis vs VILE: catalog facts
vis	VILE
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Vi-style modal editing with sam structural regular expressions Multiple selections for editing several places at once	Vi-style editing with multiple buffers and windows Available as source and Windows builds
Not fully compatible with Vim commands or plugins Smaller ecosystem than Vim or Neovim	Not a vi clone, with differences in less frequently used commands and configuration
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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