# Yggdroot/indentLine

A vim plugin to display the indention levels with thin vertical lines

Repository: https://github.com/Yggdroot/indentLine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/indentline
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: indentline, vim, vim-plugin
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-07-14T01:57:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5027, "days_push": 1147, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4119, forks 234 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.921499+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin that displays thin vertical lines at each indentation level for code indented with spaces. It uses Vim 7.3+'s conceal feature and offers customizable indent characters and colors.

## Use cases
- show indentation levels in vim
- display vertical indent guides in vim
- visualize nested code blocks in vim
- customize indent line characters and colors
- make deeply indented code easier to read

## When to choose
- you edit space-indented code in Vim and want visual indent guides
- you want a lightweight, configurable Vimscript plugin
- you need per-level distinct indent characters

## When to avoid
- your code is tab-indented (use Vim's built-in 'list' option instead)
- your Vim build lacks the conceal feature
- you use Neovim and prefer a Lua-native alternative like indent-blankline

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: vim-plugin, indentation, code-visualization, vim-script, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Yggdroot/indentLine (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.921499+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 2026-08-29T18:23:07.659957+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Yggdroot/indentLine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.921499+00:00, sha e8bae88ff767)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.