mileszs/ack.vim
Vim plugin for the Perl module / CLI script 'ack' observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6434
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 905
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3077 stars · 388 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Vim plugin that acts as a frontend for the ack search tool (and other grep-like tools), running searches from within Vim and displaying results in the quickfix window. It is a light wrapper around Vim's 'grepprg' with convenience mappings for navigating results.
Use cases
- search codebase from within vim
- vim frontend for ack grep tool
- show grep results in vim quickfix window
- replace grep with ack in vim
- jump to search matches in vim splits and tabs
When to choose
- you use Vim and want fast project-wide code search with ack
- you want quickfix-integrated search results with split/tab navigation
- you want a configurable wrapper for grep-like search tools in Vim
When to avoid
- you don't use Vim or ack
- you prefer built-in :vimgrep or newer plugins like fzf/ripgrep integrations
- you need an IDE-style search UI outside the terminal
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
search-engine developer-tools developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cli cross-platform vim ack grep quickfix code-search search
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1465828eade7
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mileszs/ack.vim | main | 23 |
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