FredKSchott/CoVim
Collaborative Editing for Vim observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 4868
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3175
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2920 stars · 89 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
CoVim is a Vim plugin that adds real-time, multi-user collaborative editing to Vim, similar to Google Docs for the editor. It uses a Python/Twisted server to sync buffers and show uniquely colored cursors for each collaborator.
Use cases
- collaboratively edit a file in vim with multiple users
- pair programming without sharing one computer
- real-time shared vim buffer like google docs
- remote pair programming over the network
- see collaborators' cursors while editing together
When to choose
- you want real-time collaborative editing inside your existing Vim configuration
- you do remote pair programming and both users prefer Vim
- you need a self-hosted collaboration server for Vim buffers
When to avoid
- you need a maintained project - it requires Python 2 and has not been updated since 2017
- you use Neovim or editors with built-in collaboration like VS Code Live Share
- you need file-level persistence or versioning of shared documents
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
editor websocket developer-tools text-editors developer-tools windows python cli vim-plugin collaborative-editing pair-programming real-time-collaboration twisted real-time linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/FredKSchott/CoVim · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1e2af339c191
- homepage: http://fredkschott.com/post/2013/05/introducing-covim-real-time-collaboration-for-vim/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b19f53f3fd07
- site_page: http://fredkschott.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · acc0509f6419
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| FredKSchott/CoVim | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="FredKSchott/CoVim")
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