Vim Classic

	Vim Classic is a fork of Vim 8.x for long-term maintenance, providing a
	stable, dependable editor — maintained entirely by humans.

• Documentation
• Browse online or read:help in Vim Classic
• Source code
• See SourceHut
• Mailing lists

- [vim-classic-announce](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic-announce)
- [vim-classic-discuss](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic-discuss)
- [vim-classic-devel](https://lists.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic-devel)

• IRC

- #vim-classic on irc.libera.chat


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[2026-06-02] I'm proud to announce the release of the first version of Vim Classic, Vim Classic 8.3.0, a stable, long-term support fork of the ubiquitous text editor, maintained without the assistance of generative AI tools.

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