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pEmacs is "even better" for minimalists.

https://github.com/hughbarney/pEmacs

Stripped -Os build using link-time GC on Linux x86_64 glibc:

     30 KB  pe*

Compare to portable mg:

    132 KB  mg*

OpenVi is ...

    278 KB  bin/vi*

An even smaller vi implementation is Xvi.

     56 KB  src/xvi*

This would be an 'ersatz' vi since it is not built on top of a real ex-mode.

Even tinier ersatz-vi clones exist (`levee`, `s`, `VIrus`) but these are not complete implementations.