# Edit with VIM text editor

> Edit an HTML element and all its child nodes in VIM text editor with real-time updates

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-with-vim-text-editor](https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-with-vim-text-editor)

## Overview

- **ID:** `edit-with-vim-text-editor`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Joe Ertaba
- **Category:** web-development,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 23
- **Rating:** 3.17 / 5 (6 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2019-10-08
- **First published:** 2018-09-01
- **Size:** 167 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/edit-with-vim-text-editor/)
- **Website:** [http://add0n.com/edit-as-html.html?from=vim](http://add0n.com/edit-as-html.html?from=vim)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/edit-with-vim-text-editor/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/edit-with-vim-text-editor/privacy/)

## Description

Edit with VIM text editor is a powerful Firefox add-on that allows you to edit HTML elements and their child nodes in the VIM text editor. With real-time updates, you can effortlessly make changes to webpages, HTML elements, external CSS and JS files, and more. This add-on supports GUI-based VIM instances like MacVim and gVim, making it convenient for users on various operating systems. Install the native wrapper to enable file write monitoring and seamlessly transfer your changes from the VIM editor to the webpage.

## Rankings

- #22,794 — Overall
- #32 — text editor
- #60 — editor
- #69 — css editor

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `downloads`
- `notifications`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/edit-with-vim-text-editor)