3 ms·Wikipedia says that vi was first released in 1976.by cylinder714 3y agoWikipedia says that vi was first released in 1976.oniony 3y agoVim is not Vi. It's a project that initially emulated its behaviour and then extended it. So I would say that Vim is from 1991.ksherlock 3y agoVim was a fork of the Amiga port of Stevie which was first released in 1987.