# jmacdonald/amp

A complete text editor for your terminal.

Repository: https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jmacdonald-amp
Homepage: https://amp.rs
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: rust, text-editor, vim, terminal
Last push: 2026-06-10T02:01:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4231, "days_push": 85, "days_rel": 705, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4123, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.988462+00:00)

## What it is
Amp is a modal, Vim-inspired text editor that runs entirely in the terminal, written in Rust. It bundles essential features like syntax highlighting, a fuzzy file finder, symbol jumping, and basic Git integration with zero configuration required.

## Use cases
- edit files in the terminal with vim-like modal keybindings
- find a vim-like editor that works out of the box without plugins
- lightweight text editor for editing code over ssh or on a server
- terminal editor with syntax highlighting and fuzzy file finder built in
- minimal modal editor with no configuration needed
- fast keyboard-driven code editing in tmux or alacritty

## When to choose
- you want a Vim-like modal editor with modern essentials preconfigured and no plugin ecosystem to manage
- you work primarily in a terminal or over SSH and want a lightweight, fast editor
- you prefer minimal configuration with sensible defaults in a single YAML file

## When to avoid
- you need split panes, non-UTF-8 encodings, CRLF line endings, or a plugin system - these are unsupported or unplanned
- you want a highly extensible editor with a large ecosystem of plugins and community extensions
- you need a GUI editor or mouse-driven workflow

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: modal-editing, vim-inspired, terminal-editor, zero-configuration, syntax-highlighting, fuzzy-finder, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- jmacdonald/amp (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.988462+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 2026-08-29T18:23:05.691805+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jmacdonald/amp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.988462+00:00, sha 0f67e01715a8)
  - homepage: https://amp.rs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:20.697628+00:00, sha a26e2467e3ad)
  - site_page: https://amp.rs/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:20.706981+00:00, sha 00c7d8204ff5)
  - site_page: https://amp.rs/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:20.708943+00:00, sha afb12bd937aa)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/amp (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:20.710508+00:00, sha 109d95fe5dae)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.