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Vim (/vɪm/ ⓘ; short for vi improved) is a free and open-source text editor. Vim provides both a terminal screen user interface as well as a graphical user interface (called gvim).
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vim (text editor) | License | Vim | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Operating system | Unix, Linux, Windows NT, MS-DOS, macOS, iOS, Android, Haiku, AmigaOS, MorphOS | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Original author | Bram Moolenaar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Release | January 1992 (public release of 1.14 in Fish Disk #591) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Repository | github.com/vim/vim | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Stable release | 9.2 / 14 February 2026; 6 months ago (14 February 2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Type | Text editor | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Website | www.vim.org | 1.00 | infobox |
| Vim (text editor) | Written in | C, Vim script | 1.00 | infobox |
| menus | instance of | it presents an interface with a more modern experience including aspects | 0.80 | text |
| toolbars | instance of | it presents an interface with a more modern experience including aspects | 0.80 | text |
| icons | instance of | it presents an interface with a more modern experience including aspects | 0.80 | text |
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