Vim Classic

Drew DeVault announced the release of Vim Classic 8.3.0 on 2026-06-02, a long-term support fork of Vim 8.x maintained without the assistance of generative AI tools. The project, hosted on SourceHut with announce, discuss and devel mailing lists plus #vim-classic on irc.libera.chat, positions itself as a stable, human-maintained editor and directs donations to Kuwasha to continue Bram Moolenaar's charitable legacy.

Vim Classic - long term support for Vim 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 https://vim-classic.org/doc/ or read :help in Vim Classic - Source code - See SourceHut https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic - 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 Help orphaned children in Uganda Please donate to Kuwasha https://www.kuwasha.net/ to help continue Bram Moolenaar's legacy of providing for those in need. 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. Read more https://vim-classic.org/news/vim-8.3-released.html