# lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim

Indent guides  for Neovim

Repository: https://github.com/lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/indent-blanklinenvim
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vim, vim-plugin, neovim, neovim-plugin, indentation, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-02-17T00:36:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 71, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2335, "days_push": 198, "days_rel": 198, "gap_med": 16.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4991, forks 122 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.332268+00:00)

## What it is
A Neovim plugin written in Lua that adds indentation guides to the editor using virtual text. It supports scope highlighting via treesitter, mixed indentation, and customizable indent colors.

## Use cases
- show indentation guides in neovim
- visualize nested code blocks while editing
- highlight the current scope in neovim
- display rainbow-colored indent levels
- handle mixed tabs and spaces indentation

## When to choose
- you use Neovim and want lightweight, virtual-text-based indent guides
- you want treesitter-aware scope highlighting
- you need configurable indent colors and mixed-indentation support

## When to avoid
- you use Vim or another editor without Neovim's virtual text API
- you want an editor-agnostic solution
- you cannot run the latest stable Neovim version

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, windows
- tags: neovim, vim-plugin, indentation, lua, treesitter, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.332268+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 2026-08-29T18:17:39.361496+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.332268+00:00, sha a7b0e02c5903)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.