Vim resources

A pense-bête of official docs, guides and community links to learn Vim beyond VimStart — bookmark this page.

Official docs

  • Vim built-in help (:help)

    The full Vim documentation, browsable online — the same content as running :help inside Vim.

  • vimtutor

    Ships with Vim. Run `vimtutor` in a terminal for the official 30-minute interactive tutorial.

  • Neovim documentation

    Official docs for Neovim, the actively developed Vim fork with Lua config and built-in LSP.

Guides & references

  • Vim Cheat Sheet (vim.rtorr.com)

    A widely used one-page visual cheat sheet covering motions, operators and modes.

  • Vim Adventures

    A game that teaches Vim motions through puzzle levels — similar spirit to VimStart, worth trying both.

  • Learn Vimscript the Hard Way

    A free online book for going beyond motions into configuring and scripting Vim itself.

  • Open Vim

    An interactive in-browser tutorial covering the Vim basics step by step.

Community

  • r/vim

    Active subreddit for questions, plugin recommendations and workflow discussions.

  • Vi and Vim Stack Exchange

    Q&A site dedicated to Vim and Vi — good for specific, technical questions.