# sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim

🌠 Neovim plugin to animate the cursor with a smear effect in all terminals

Repository: https://github.com/sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/smear-cursornvim
Language: Lua
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: animation, cursor, neovim, plugin, smooth, ui, trail, neovim-lua, neovim-plugin, nvim
Last push: 2026-04-15T15:48:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 59, longevity 46
- inputs: {"age_days": 656, "days_push": 140, "days_rel": 275, "gap_med": 10.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2000, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.841169+00:00)

## What it is
A Neovim plugin written in Lua that animates the cursor with a smear/trail effect in any terminal, inspired by Neovide's animated cursor. It targets terminals and GUIs that can only display text and offers configurable animation styles.

## Use cases
- animate cursor movement in neovim
- get neovide-style cursor animation in a plain terminal
- add smooth cursor trail to vim
- make cursor movement less jarring when jumping in neovim
- customize cursor animation speed and style in neovim

## When to choose
- you use Neovim 0.10.2+ in a terminal without graphical cursor animation
- you want Neovide-like cursor effects without leaving your terminal
- you want a lightweight, configurable Lua plugin with toggle commands

## When to avoid
- you already use Neovide or a terminal like Kitty with native animated cursor
- you prefer no visual animations or find them distracting
- you use Vim instead of Neovim

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: animation, ui-components, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: neovim, neovim-plugin, cursor-animation, lua, terminal-ui, smooth-cursor, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.841169+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 2026-08-30T03:02:08.702638+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.841169+00:00, sha b1664e31951c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.