Where to download Vim

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created February 3, 2008 · complexity basic · author Metacosm · version 7.0

Which version of Vim should I use?

I want a fully patched standard Vim for Windows, without compiling it myself.

Use Cream's "standard" Vim (this is easiest and best for Windows users on 32-bit systems).

Click the most recent Filename (for example, gvim-7-2-184.exe); download and run to install.

It installs a patched standard gvim.exe (GUI) and vim.exe (console) — with, of course, all the help and runtime files that go with them.

Includes Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl and MzScheme interfaces.

This distribution is hosted on Cream but it is a "standard" Vim distribution, without the Cream additions which make Vim behave "more like Notepad". If the latter is what you want, look further down this page.

I'm using 64-bit Windows.

See information and download.

I want standard Vim (source code to compile for all platforms, or unpatched Windows executables).

Available at http://www.vim.org/download.php

I want Vim on a Macintosh.

See the versions at http://www.vim.org/download.php#mac

I want Vim configured like Notepad for Windows.

See the Cream versions at http://cream.sourceforge.net/download.html

I want to put Vim on a keydrive and use it on a bunch of Windows machines, but standard versions of Vim choke when the keydrive is mounted as a different drive letter.

Check out GVim Portable http://portablegvim.sourceforge.net/

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This can be our tip on downloading Vim.

The Main Page links to Vim documentation and I would eventually like that page cleaned up with a new section about downloading and building Vim. It would have a link to this tip, and hopefully a link to another tip about building Vim (one for Unix and one for Windows).

The following seem relevant (may need to merge):

Where to download Vim

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