haya14busa/incsearch.vim
:flashlight: Improved incremental searching for Vim observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4407
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1573
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1110 stars · 19 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Vim plugin that improves incremental searching by highlighting all pattern matches as you type, including live regular expression editing. It is now deprecated because its core functionality was merged into Vim/Neovim itself.
Use cases
- highlight all regex matches incrementally while searching in vim
- see live regex match preview while typing a search pattern
- automatically turn off hlsearch after searching
- improved / and ? search behavior in vim
- incremental search that works in visual and operator-pending modes
When to choose
- you are stuck on a very old Vim version without built-in incsearch highlighting
- you need the incremental regex editing preview on legacy editors
When to avoid
- you use a modern Vim or Neovim, which includes this functionality natively
- you want an actively maintained plugin - use the successor is.vim instead
Facets
plugin · maturity abandoned
search-engine developer-tools text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin cli vim-plugin incremental-search regex-highlighting deprecated
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/haya14busa/incsearch.vim · fetched 2026-08-28 · 64fd97ee5258
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| haya14busa/incsearch.vim | main | 23 |
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