# abo-abo/avy

Jump to things in Emacs tree-style

Repository: https://github.com/abo-abo/avy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/avy
Language: Emacs Lisp
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-11-01T13:57:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4138, "days_push": 670, "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 1959, forks 117 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.314999+00:00)

## What it is
Avy is a GNU Emacs package for jumping to visible text or lines using a char-based decision tree, similar to ace-jump-mode and vim-easymotion. It provides commands like avy-goto-char and avy-goto-line for fast keyboard-driven cursor navigation.

## Use cases
- jump to any visible character in emacs quickly
- navigate to a line without using line numbers
- move cursor to a word start with few keystrokes
- replace isearch with tree-based jumping
- emacs equivalent of vim easymotion

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and want fast keyboard-only cursor movement
- you want a maintained successor to ace-jump-mode
- you prefer char-based decision trees over incremental search

## When to avoid
- you don't use Emacs
- you prefer mouse-based navigation
- you need an editor-agnostic tool

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: emacs-lisp, cursor-navigation, ace-jump, keyboard-driven, vim-easymotion-alternative, emacs

## Member repositories
- abo-abo/avy (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.314999+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 2026-08-30T03:05:57.792581+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/abo-abo/avy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.314999+00:00, sha 0141a28f9843)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.