# FredKSchott/CoVim

Collaborative Editing for Vim

Repository: https://github.com/FredKSchott/CoVim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/covim
Homepage: http://fredkschott.com/post/2013/05/introducing-covim-real-time-collaboration-for-vim/
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-12-23T16:01:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4868, "days_push": 3175, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2920, forks 89 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.176822+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, websocket, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: windows, python, cli
- tags: vim-plugin, collaborative-editing, pair-programming, real-time-collaboration, twisted, real-time, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- FredKSchott/CoVim (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.176822+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 2026-08-30T07:33:47.738997+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FredKSchott/CoVim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.176822+00:00, sha 1e2af339c191)
  - homepage: http://fredkschott.com/post/2013/05/introducing-covim-real-time-collaboration-for-vim/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:05.233724+00:00, sha b19f53f3fd07)
  - site_page: http://fredkschott.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:05.243231+00:00, sha acc0509f6419)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.