[bryanlarsen]

Both Doom and Spacemacs work fine without the vi bindings.

[tmtvl]

Doom doesn't, it defaults to vi bindings and you can't turn that off easily. Spacemacs does offer a choice, though.

[bryanlarsen]

Last time I looked it appeared to be as simple as disabling evil mode and configuring a new leader key. But you're right, it's not a straight configurable.