# slap-editor/slap

Sublime-like terminal-based text editor

Repository: https://github.com/slap-editor/slap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slap
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2021-11-01T04:47:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4517, "days_push": 1766, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6188, forks 220 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:38.933202+00:00)

## What it is
Slap is a Sublime-like terminal-based text editor written in JavaScript/Node.js, featuring mouse support, a file sidebar, syntax highlighting for 100+ languages, and Sublime-style keybindings. It is extensible via JavaScript plugins and works over SSH connections.

## Use cases
- edit files in the terminal with a Sublime-like experience
- replace nano or vim with a friendlier terminal editor
- edit files over SSH with mouse support
- syntax-highlight code from the command line
- customize a terminal editor with JavaScript plugins
- use OS clipboard copy/paste in a terminal editor

## When to choose
- you want Sublime-style editing (mouse, keybindings, sidebar) inside a terminal
- you need a beginner-friendly terminal editor instead of vim or emacs
- you edit remote files over SSH and want mouse and clipboard support

## When to avoid
- you need a modal editor with vim's speed and ubiquity
- you need a GUI editor with rich visual features
- you need actively developed software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, terminal-ui, plugin-system
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: sublime-like, terminal-editor, syntax-highlighting, mouse-support, ssh, command-line, linux, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- slap-editor/slap (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:38.933202+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 2026-08-29T17:47:23.166509+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slap-editor/slap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:38.933202+00:00, sha b982adcf19e3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/slap (fetched 2026-08-29T08:44:12.899796+00:00, sha 0af499df2e46)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.