# hakluke/how-to-exit-vim

Below are some simple methods for exiting vim.

Repository: https://github.com/hakluke/how-to-exit-vim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/how-to-exit-vim
Homepage: https://hakluke.com
License Family: other
Topics: vim
Last push: 2026-08-05T11:33:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2534, "days_push": 28, "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 7187, forks 326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:56.497550+00:00)

## What it is
A humorous community-maintained collection of increasingly elaborate methods for exiting the Vim text editor, ranging from simple kill commands to absurd solutions like reimplementing Vim in Rust. It is a joke/educational repository rather than usable software.

## Use cases
- how do I exit vim
- quit vim without saving
- kill vim process from inside vim
- funny vim jokes
- learn vim basics
- ways to close vim editor

## When to choose
- you want a quick laugh about Vim's exit difficulty
- you are a Vim beginner looking for the exit command
- you want shell one-liners for killing processes as a learning exercise

## When to avoid
- you need production tooling or a real Vim plugin
- you want serious Vim tutorials or configuration guidance
- you need licensed, maintained software for a project

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cli
- tags: vim, humor, cheatsheet, joke-repo, text-editor, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- hakluke/how-to-exit-vim (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.497550+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 2026-08-29T17:39:54.519376+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hakluke/how-to-exit-vim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:56.497550+00:00, sha a72a8634363d)
  - homepage: https://hakluke.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:26.221685+00:00, sha 90fbf5cfa124)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.