# sjl/badwolf

A Vim color scheme.

Repository: https://github.com/sjl/badwolf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/badwolf
Homepage: http://stevelosh.com/projects/badwolf/
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-08-15T18:59:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 37, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5316, "days_push": 383, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1286, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.799418+00:00)

## What it is
Bad Wolf is a dark color scheme for the Vim text editor, created by Steve Losh. It supports both GUI and console Vim and offers configuration options for gutter darkness, tab line shading, HTML link underlining, and CSS property highlighting.

## Use cases
- find a color scheme for vim
- dark theme for my vim editor
- customizable vim colorscheme with options
- syntax highlighting theme for terminal vim
- make vim look better
- vim color scheme with configurable gutters and tabline

## When to choose
- you use Vim or a compatible editor and want a distinctive, well-established dark palette
- you want tweakable settings such as dark gutters, tab line brightness, HTML link underlining, and CSS property highlighting
- you switch between GUI and console Vim and want a scheme that works in both

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than Vim or Vim-compatible forks
- you prefer a light background color scheme
- you want a theme with frequent visual updates or plugin ecosystem integrations beyond coloring

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: theme, editor
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vim, color-scheme, colorscheme, syntax-highlighting, dark-theme, terminal, vim-script

## Member repositories
- sjl/badwolf (main) score 49

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.799418+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 2026-08-30T04:56:36.722320+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sjl/badwolf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.799418+00:00, sha 786bff1a036e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.