# ThePrimeagen/harpoon

Repository: https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/harpoon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/harpoon
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-10-31T15:35:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 49, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2128, "days_push": 306, "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 9207, forks 490 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.920775+00:00)

## What it is
Harpoon is a Neovim plugin that lets you mark a small set of frequently used files and jump to them with minimal keystrokes. It also supports managing persistent terminals and sending commands to them from within the editor.

## Use cases
- quickly switch between a handful of frequently edited files in Neovim
- avoid repetitive fuzzy-finder or :bnext/:bprev navigation
- mark files on the fly and navigate them by index
- manage multiple persistent terminals inside Neovim
- send project-specific commands to terminals from the editor
- cycle through marked files forward and backward

## When to choose
- you work in Neovim 0.5+ and repeatedly visit a small set of files in a project
- you want fast, keyboard-driven file and terminal navigation
- you prefer marking files explicitly over fuzzy searching every time

## When to avoid
- you don't use Neovim
- you prefer fuzzy-finder-based navigation for all file switching
- you need an IDE-style file tree or project explorer

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: neovim, lua, file-navigation, terminal-management, keybindings, workflow, navigation

## Member repositories
- ThePrimeagen/harpoon (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.920775+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 2026-08-29T17:23:17.584251+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ThePrimeagen/harpoon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.920775+00:00, sha 15afffd0d8dd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.