You could try Spacemacs in that regard. You can use it with Vim key bindings, but get the customization offered by Emacs. I also suggest trying it in Holy mod

You could try Spacemacs in that regard. You can use it with Vim key bindings, but get the customization offered by Emacs. I also suggest trying it in Holy mode. What it does well is make commands mnemonic, more similar to Vim, but they just all start with M-m (Alt+m) So you would do something like M-m b N to create a new buffer. Or M-m w / to split the frame in two windows horizontally. This I find saves you to modal switch overhead, but maintain the simpler keystroke commands.