# fholgado/minibufexpl.vim

Elegant buffer explorer - takes very little screen space

Repository: https://github.com/fholgado/minibufexpl.vim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/minibufexplvim
Homepage: http://fholgado.com/minibufexpl
Language: Vim Script
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-01-24T12:50:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5743, "days_push": 1682, "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 1004, forks 194 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:11.938813+00:00)

## What it is
MiniBufExpl is a Vim plugin that displays open buffers in a compact, tab-like strip that takes minimal screen space. It is a maintained fork of the original MiniBufExplorer with usability improvements and bug fixes.

## Use cases
- show open vim buffers as tabs
- navigate between buffers in vim
- cycle buffers in most-recently-used order
- compact buffer explorer for vim
- see buffer status while editing multiple files

## When to choose
- you use Vim and want a lightweight buffer/tab bar
- you want MRU buffer cycling and duplicate-name handling

## When to avoid
- you use Neovim and prefer modern tabline plugins or built-in UI
- you need an actively developed plugin with a license file

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: vim, vim-plugin, buffer-management, buffer-explorer, tabline

## Member repositories
- fholgado/minibufexpl.vim (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.938813+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 2026-08-30T07:13:43.876015+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fholgado/minibufexpl.vim (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:11.938813+00:00, sha 7b69303b826b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.