This app is a easy to use, quick reference guide to vi editor.
About VI Editor Assistant
VI Editor Assistant is a books & reference app developed by AppDevGenie.
Download Statistics
VI Editor Assistant has been downloaded 29 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 170 times.
User Ratings
VI Editor Assistant is rated 3.92 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 150 ratings.
App Information
VI Editor Assistant is FREE to download. The APK download size is 958.29 kB. The latest version available is 3.4. The last update was on December 21, 2025.
Technical Requirements
VI Editor Assistant requires Android 4.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2013.
Description
This application is only a reference to the most common commands used in vi Editor: it cannot control the editor from your device.
The vi Editor is a text based editor used in Linux and Unix for editing configuration files and creating text documents.
This application only has the most common everyday commands, and could be used as a beginners guide or for people that do not use vi on a daily basis.
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If this utility (vi/vim) is part of your job, you will find something useful in here. That's not bad for free. Memorize what you need, put it in your toolbox. Not a bad app for free.
★★★★☆Mark Giddens· Nov 5, 2019
Don't fear (g)VI[m]! Thus, reference is handy for beginners as well as seasoned users who've got a bit rusty. It's a chest sheet. It's not complete. We've all got out favorite hidden tricks, but a section on selecting blocks (hint - v) seems odd to be missing (or am I overlooking something? I can think of a couple of features that would improve this app, but unless I write one myself this cheat sheet is good stuff.
★★★★★Simon McCabe· Sep 27, 2016
Excellent Despite this being touted as a beginner guide, I think this is useful for anyone who uses vi whether you've used it once or a hundred times. It's nice to have a reference guide. Thanks to the developer who made this app.
★★★★★Mohamed Imthiyas· Nov 11, 2016
Hats off to developer of Vi assistant My worry of learning Vi Editor has gone from my mind. It is now in my pocket everywhere for easy reference.
★★☆☆☆Msaa Msaa· Jul 16, 2020
I initially found this app lacking roo much information but this 2-star rating is mainly because it can be horribly inaccurate. I mean the author could have bothered to mention the mode of the command at least when it gets ambiguous like CTRL to delete to the beginning of the line. If I didn't know beforehand that it is an insert mode command I would have been pissed off at this quality. This app really needs major proofreading for the small handful of commands in there.
★★☆☆☆Dave Smith· Sep 14, 2023
I like the command coverage of this app, but the navigation really sucks. Once I select a topic area I see no way to return to the main menu. I have to kill and restart the app to move to another topic.
★☆☆☆☆A Google User· Apr 5, 2014
Doesn't work Couldn't get the app to open a file. Also, how did one do an esc on a phone?
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Technologies used by VI Editor Assistant
VI Editor Assistant is requesting 1 permissions and is using 7 libraries.
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