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• nice modern UI
• thriving extension ecosystem
• origin of the Language Server Protocol
• highly configurable VIM plugin with surround, easymotion, highlightedyank, …

A classic and insanely powerful.

Has quite a steep learning curve, but the modal editing paradigm is really worth learning. Only real drawback: once you grok it, you want VIM-style editing everywhere.

highly customizable, large plugin ecosystem

• a refactor of VIM and mostly compatible with it
• integrated LSP support planned for the next major release

Also a classic; also super powerful.

• sleek UI
• very fast interaction & file I/O
• highly customizable, large plugin ecosystem
• LSP client plugin available

The default editor for the KDE desktop environment.

• built-in LSP client
• very fast interaction & file I/O

• nice UI
• customizable, large plugin ecosystem
• sometimes a bit sluggish
• LSP plugin available, still lacks some features

The default editor for the Gnome desktop environment.

• quite fast
• no LSP client / plugin

A classic in the Windows world. Quite OK, but not as powerful as the other editors in this list.

A terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive, while also taking advantage of the capabilities of modern terminals. It comes as a single, batteries-included, static binary with no dependencies.