# abo-abo/swiper

Ivy - a generic completion frontend for Emacs, Swiper - isearch with an overview, and more. Oh, man!

Repository: https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/abo-abo-swiper
Homepage: https://oremacs.com/swiper/
Language: Emacs Lisp
License Family: other
Topics: emacs, ivy, swiper, counsel, completion, search
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:12:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4195, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2426, forks 335 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.806683+00:00)

## What it is
A suite of Emacs Lisp packages: Ivy is a generic minibuffer completion framework, Swiper is an Ivy-enhanced alternative to Isearch, and Counsel provides Ivy-enhanced versions of common Emacs commands. It offers efficient, customizable completion with fuzzy matching, previews, and multi-actions.

## Use cases
- replace emacs default minibuffer completion with a faster fuzzy interface
- search through a buffer with an overview of all matches like swiper
- complete file and buffer names interactively in emacs
- run M-x commands with fuzzy filtering via counsel-M-x
- grep or ag across a git project from within emacs
- build custom completion UIs on top of ivy-read API

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and want a lightweight, fast, highly customizable completion framework
- you want incremental search with a list of all matches and previews
- you prefer simple, stable tooling over heavier alternatives like Helm or Vertico+Consult stacks

## When to avoid
- you don't use Emacs
- you prefer Helm's richer feature set or Vertico's minimalist ecosystem
- you need a completion framework outside the editor

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: emacs-lisp, minibuffer-completion, isearch, fuzzy-matching, ivy, counsel, swiper, emacs

## Member repositories
- abo-abo/swiper (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.806683+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:31:37.725131+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.806683+00:00, sha 037191d3c756)
  - homepage: https://oremacs.com/swiper/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:57.387384+00:00, sha 1badc8af63d2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.