IdeaVim
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“IntelliJ's idea Vim plugin is a pretty decent one”
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“I use ideavim with configuration as close as possible to astronvim”
“IdeaVIM makes IntelliJ more useful for me.”
“IntelliJ shines when you use the command pallet, keyboard shortcuts, and IdeaVIM”
Caveats and dissent
“no single editor or IDE, not a single vim emulation layer properly works, they all have glaring deficiencies”
“not Sublime, not IntelliJ with IdeaVim have ever fully implemented vim motions to the degree where it doesn't feel foreign”
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“IdeaVIM is good enough, but only to the point”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs 3 mentions
- Emacs Turns 50 2 mentions
- Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I'm Daily Driving 1 mention
- No More JetBrains Products for Me 1 mention
- Why TUIs Are Back 1 mention
- Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good 1 mention
Also written as IdeaVIM. Data: ideavim.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 10
“no single editor or IDE, not a single vim emulation layer properly works, they all have glaring deficiencies”
“IntelliJ's idea Vim plugin is a pretty decent one”
“not Sublime, not IntelliJ with IdeaVim have ever fully implemented vim motions to the degree where it doesn't feel foreign”
“if you use IdeaVim you can”
“I use ideavim with configuration as close as possible to astronvim”
Modal editing is unintuitive for the same reason why new language you're learning unintuitive. Once you understand the rules, it is much more intuitive than any other editor. This is the reason why I use IdeaVim/VSCodeVim instead of learning "native" shortcuts. Obligatory: https://i.imgur.com/WLzeQMj.png
“IdeaVIM makes IntelliJ more useful for me.”
“IdeaVIM is good enough, but only to the point”
“IntelliJ shines when you use the command pallet, keyboard shortcuts, and IdeaVIM”
“still use my IntelliJ + IdeaVim with Claude Code and Codex in a separate terminal in Ghostty”