Why hackers moved from Vim to VS Code
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I switched from vim to VSCode due to this feature”renox, 2026-05-12original comment ↗
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Vim vs VS Code
| Vim | VS Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 4 | 8 |
| Hackers who criticize | 2 | 14 |
| Moved away from it | 6 | 15 |
| Moved to it | 3 | 6 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Vim
“I switched from vim to neovim at the time when the former didn't support true color themes”shmerl, 2026-03-29original comment ↗
“I personally also moved from vim to neovim mainly because of better LSP support.”embedding-shape, 2026-01-13original comment ↗
Praise for VS Code
“I got fed up and switched back to VSCode”murlax, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“using vscodium instead of vscode is again justified.”RandyOrion, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
“I'm personally switched from (n)vim to vscode for this reason, so I can now fiddle with a custom agent setup.”verdverm, 2026-04-09original comment ↗
“I switched from Sublime Text to VS Code, and didn't care one bit how open or close either was.”dist-epoch, 2026-04-02original comment ↗
“WASM debugging in VSCode feels just like native debugging”flohofwoe, 2026-03-09original comment ↗
Other moves from Vim
- Vim → Neovim (3)
- Vim → Zed (2)