# chipsenkbeil/distant.nvim

🚧 (Alpha stage software) Edit files, run programs, and work with LSP on a remote machine from the comfort of your local environment 🚧

Repository: https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/distantnvim
Homepage: https://distant.dev
Language: Lua
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: neovim, remote-development, lua, neovim-plugin
Last push: 2024-10-17T03:28:14+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": 1858, "days_push": 685, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1369, forks 16 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.805003+00:00)

## What it is
A Neovim plugin that wraps the distant CLI to let users edit remote files, run programs, and use LSP on remote machines from their local Neovim environment. It is alpha-stage software under rapid development, requiring Neovim 0.8+ and distant 0.20.x.

## Use cases
- edit files on a remote server from local neovim
- run programs on a remote machine from my editor
- use LSP for code on a remote host
- connect to a remote machine over ssh and edit code
- remote development without mounting sshfs
- search and manage files on a remote filesystem from neovim

## When to choose
- you want a native Neovim experience for editing files on remote servers
- you need to run remote processes or shells and see output locally
- you want LSP and editor tooling to work against remote codebases
- you prefer a single-binary client/server tool over sshfs or tramp-style setups

## When to avoid
- you need battle-tested, stable software for production workflows (alpha stage, breaking changes)
- you only need simple file editing over ssh (built-in scp/ssh or sshfs may suffice)
- you don't use Neovim 0.8+ or can't install the distant binary on your servers

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: experimental
- function: editor, file-system, ssh, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, windows, editor-plugin
- tags: neovim-plugin, remote-development, lua, lsp, remote-editing, command-line, neovim, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- chipsenkbeil/distant.nvim (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.805003+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 2026-08-30T04:40:58.050110+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.805003+00:00, sha 28d30571146a)
  - homepage: https://distant.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.632473+00:00, sha 2b2df26cd844)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.641884+00:00, sha a84bf70c1ae6)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/about/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.643868+00:00, sha 0c4d63a3bc38)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/getting-started/installation/unix (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.645824+00:00, sha 6516dd35799b)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/getting-started/installation/windows (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.647771+00:00, sha 348f3accff71)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/getting-started/installation/manually-download (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.649692+00:00, sha 1524f5b03975)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/getting-started/installation/from-source (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.651452+00:00, sha ee543af15ac0)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/getting-started/usage (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.653151+00:00, sha e39b92b29c84)
  - site_page: https://distant.dev/editors/neovim/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:57:53.655085+00:00, sha 01fc5c5e6884)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.