# mileszs/ack.vim

Vim plugin for the Perl module / CLI script 'ack'

Repository: https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ackvim
Language: Vim Script
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-03-12T02:12:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6434, "days_push": 905, "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 3077, forks 388 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.785637+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: vim, ack, grep, quickfix, code-search, search

## Member repositories
- mileszs/ack.vim (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.785637+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 2026-08-30T07:27:53.833527+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mileszs/ack.vim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.785637+00:00, sha 1465828eade7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.