Downloading Vim

Most popular (MS-Windows):
Recent and signed MS-Windows files are available on the vim-win32-installer site

The latest stable snapshot version is:

• gvim_9.1.1825_x64.exe (64bit installer)
• gvim_9.1.1825_x86.exe (32bit installer)
• gvim_9.1.1825_arm64.exe (ARM installer)
• gvim_9.1.1825_x64.zip(x64 zip package)
• gvim_9.1.1825_x86.zip(x86 zip package)
• gvim_9.1.1825_arm.zip(ARM zip package)




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MS-Windows:	Please check the vim-win32-installer site for the latest signed versions (search for This release includes signed files). Winget packages are also available: vim.vim (stable) and vim.vim.nightly (nightly builds)
Unix:	See the GitHub page, or Mercurial, if you prefer that. There is also an Appimage which is build daily and runs on many Linux systems.
Mac:	See the MacVim project for a GUI version and Homebrew for a terminal version

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Details and options for:

• Unix
• PC: MS-DOS and MS-Windows
• Amiga
• Macintosh
• Others

Mirrors	Alternative sites to download Vim files from.
Sources	Build Vim yourself and/or make changes.
Github	Obtain Vim sources with a git client (recommended).
Mercurial	Obtain Vim sources with a Mercurial client (recommended if you don't like git).
Patches	Include the latest improvements (requires sources and rebuilding).
Runtime	Get the latest syntax files, documentation, etc..
Script links	Links to individual syntax, indent, color, compiler and ftplugin scripts.
Translations	Non-English documentation packages.

Version

Vim 9.1 is the latest stable version. It is highly recommended, many bugs have been fixed since previous versions.

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Unix

The best way to install Vim on Unix is to use the sources. This requires a compiler and its support files. Compiling Vim isn't difficult at all. You can simply type "make install" when you are happy with the default features. Edit the Makefile in the "src" directory to select specific features.

Using git

This is the simplest and most efficient way to obtain the latest version, including all patches. This requires the "git" command.
The explanations are on the GitHub page.

Summary:

git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
cd vim/src
make

Using Mercurial

This is another simple and most efficient way to obtain the latest version, including all patches. This requires the "hg" command.
The explanations are on this page: Mercurial

Summary:

hg clone https://www.vim.org/hgweb/vim/
cd vim/src
make

• Debian packages are available at: http://packages.debian.org/vim.
• Oracle Solaris Vim is included in the Companion Software: http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/. (no longer available). You can try Unix Packages instead, but it only contains Vim packages up to 8.2
  Vim for other Sun systems can be found at http://sunfreeware.com/.
• HPUX with GTK GUI for various HPUX versions: http://hpux.its.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.2/ or http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.2/ (note that the remark about the GNU GPL is wrong)

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Vim Help files in HTML Format   vim91html.zip

PC sources   vim##src.zip    vim91src.zip

Yongwei's build

You may also try Yongwei's build, executables with slightly different interfaces supported.

Cygwin

For a Cygwin binary look at others.

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Amiga

Quite a long time ago, Vim development started on the Amiga. Although it's a really old system now, it might still work. However, this has not been tested recently. You may have to use an older version for which Amiga binaries are available.

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Macintosh

The terminal version of Vim is included as "vi", you already have it. It's lagging behind a bit though and has limited features, thus you may want to additionally install a recent version or one with more features.

MacVim

There most popular version is MacVim. This is being actively developed. This behaves like a Mac application, using a GUI.

MacVim has more a Mac look and feel, is developed actively and most people prefer this version. Most of MacVim was made by Björn Winckler.

MacVim can be downloaded here: https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim

New versions are made quite often. Subscribe to the vim-mac maillist to be informed about bugs and updates.

Homebrew

This is a terminal version installed with the "brew" command. It is updated frequently. It can be downloaded here: formulae.brew.sh/formula/vim.

Background

Most of the work for the Macintosh port (Classic and Carbon) was done by Dany St-Amant.

If you have OSX and a setup for compiling programs, you can use the source code and compile yourself. See the Unix section above. The development tools can be downloaded from Apple's developer web site.

Turn to the vim-mac maillist to meet other Vim-Mac users.

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Others

This is a list of links to sites where various versions of Vim can be obtained. These are supported by individuals, use at your own risk.

Android	Search for "Vim Touch" by Momodalo in the Play Store.
i/OS	Run Vim on your iPhone or Ipad.
QNX (ftp)	Provided by Yakov Zaytsev. Requires QNX 6.3.0/6.3.2 with service pack 2.
Cygwin (with GTK GUI)	http://lassauge.free.fr/cygwin/
Open VMS	http://www.polarhome.com/vim/

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