Bram Moolenaar

Bram Moolenaar

Bram Moolenaar (Dutch: [brɑ ˈmoːlənaːr]; 1961 – 3 August 2023) was a Dutch software engineer and activist who was the creator, maintainer, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a vi-derivative text editor. He advocated for ICCF Holland, a non-governmental organization supporting AIDS victims in Uganda, and used the popularity of Vim to encourage donations. From July 2006 until September 2021, Moolenaar was employed by Google, working in the Zürich office on Google Calendar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bram Moolenaar has received more than 522,406 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bram Moolenaar is the 121st most popular computer scientist (up from 202nd in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,119th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Computer Scientist.

Bram Moolenaar is a Dutch computer programmer and creator of Vim, a highly popular, powerful, and versatile text editor in the world of Unix and Linux systems. Released in 1991, Vim is known for its efficiency, flexibility, and the ability to customize it for different programming needs. Moolenaar's work on Vim, which is an improved version of the earlier Vi editor, has been highly influential in the software development community. He continues to maintain Vim, adapting and improving it, and his work is widely respected in the open-source community. Additionally, Moolenaar is known for his humanitarian work, particularly his support for ICCF Holland, a charity helping children in Uganda.