# EditorConfig

EditorConfig universal issue tracker and wiki

Repository: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/editorconfig
Homepage: http://editorconfig.org
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-04-21T07:19:35+00:00
Link (homepage): http://editorconfig.org
Link (site_page): http://docs.editorconfig.org
Link (site_page): http://javadocs.editorconfig.org

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 17, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5438, "days_push": 499, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3447, forks 119 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:05.205080+00:00)

## What it is
EditorConfig is a file format and ecosystem for defining consistent coding styles (indentation, charset, line endings) via a .editorconfig file shared across a project. It consists of the format specification plus plugins for many editors and IDEs that read the file and apply the styles automatically.

## Use cases
- keep indentation and line endings consistent across a team
- share coding style settings between different editors and IDEs
- stop committing mixed tabs and spaces
- enforce utf-8 charset and final newline in files
- define per-filetype style rules in version control

## When to choose
- your team uses multiple editors or IDEs
- you want editor-agnostic style config committed to the repo
- you need simple, zero-dependency style consistency without a full formatter

## When to avoid
- you need automated code reformatting rather than editor settings
- you need linting or style enforcement in CI rather than at edit time

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, configuration-management, formatter
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: editorconfig, coding-style, editor-plugins, code-consistency, configuration-file-format

## Member repositories
- editorconfig/editorconfig (docs) score 40
- editorconfig/editorconfig-vim (plugin) score 55
- editorconfig/editorconfig-vscode (plugin) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.205080+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 2026-08-29T18:37:36.268988+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:05.205080+00:00, sha abe62b008179)
  - homepage: http://editorconfig.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:28.474587+00:00, sha bcfd64b97941)
  - site_page: http://docs.editorconfig.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:28.477571+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
  - site_page: http://javadocs.editorconfig.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:32:28.481291+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.