Vim Keybindings for Bike

Vim Keybindings for Bike is an open-source extension that adds Vim-style modal editing to the Bike outliner for macOS. Bike’s block (row) selection acts as normal mode and Bike’s text editing acts as insert mode, so the way Bike edits text inside a row does not change.

• Source code: 0xAdriaTorralba/bike-vim-keybindings (MIT licence).
• First release: v0.1.0, 10 Nov 2026. Built for Bike 2 (build 293, extension API 0.64.0).
• Submitted to the Bike extensions registry in bike-outliner/extensions-registry#4, under review.

What it does

• Modes — normal, insert and row-wise visual mode. The mode comes from Bike’s own selection, so it cannot get out of sync with the app. The status bar shows -- INSERT -- and -- VISUAL -- while those modes are active.
• Motions — j / k over visible rows, h / l to collapse, expand or move to the parent or first child, gg / G, and counts (3j, 2dd, 3p).
• Operators — yy, dd, cc, p / P and operator + motion (dj, yG). Yank and delete copy whole subtrees with their row types and attributes, so a done task or a heading keeps its state after a paste. The register is shared by all windows and is separate from the system clipboard.
• Folding and focus — zo / zc / za, zR / zM, and L / H to focus in on a row or out one level.
• Visual mode — v / V, extended by motions, with yank, delete, change, paste and indent / outdent on the selection.
• Bike commands on Vim keys — u / Control-r for undo and redo, / n N for find, >> / << for indent and outdent.

Two command-palette entries, Vim: Toggle Keybindings and Vim: Toggle Mode Indicator, turn the extension or its status message off without uninstalling.

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