gvim

A terminal-based text editor written in Go, inspired by Vim.

gvim-demo.mov

Note

Its really early :)

Editor commands

• :w - write to opened file (open via gvim ./some-file.txt)
• :q - quit (or CTRL+C)

Implemented motions

• o & O (line inserts)
• $ & 0 (line jumps)
• hjkl
• arrow navigation

Installation

Download binary from latest release

Run

./gvim ./some-file.txt

Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25.4
• just - task runner

just build

Debug Logs

Project uses a debug log utility for development:

utils.Debuglog("cursor x = %v, cursor y = %v", x, y)

# read current debug output
just debug