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Nova vs Kakoune: What are the differences?
Nova: The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor. It is the new native code editor for Mac. It is packed with features, built for modern workflows, lightning-fast and stylish. It also has a robust extensions architecture and replaces Code for Mac; Kakoune: Vim inspired — Faster as in less keystrokes — Multiple selections — Orthogonal design. Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim, as such most of its commands are similar to vi’s ones Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode..
Nova and Kakoune can be categorized as "Text Editor" tools.
Some of the features offered by Nova are:
- A powerful editor
- A themeable interface
- Flexible workflows
On the other hand, Kakoune provides the following key features:
- Multiple selections as a central way of interacting
- Powerful selection manipulation primitives
- Powerful text manipulation primitives
Kakoune is an open source tool with 6.31K GitHub stars and 483 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Kakoune's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Kakoune
- Multiple selections7
- Fast editing7
- Interactivity5
- Consistency of the underlying language4
- UNIX citizen4
- Self documented3
Pros of Nova
- Extensions1
- Beautiful1
- Fluid and Fast1
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Cons of Kakoune
Cons of Nova
- Mac only1