# msanders/snipmate.vim

snipMate.vim aims to be a concise vim script that implements some of TextMate's snippets features in Vim.

Repository: https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/snipmatevim
Language: Vim Script
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-08-20T02:05:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6407, "days_push": 2205, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2010, forks 723 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:05.013519+00:00)

## What it is
snipMate.vim is a Vim plugin written in Vim Script that brings TextMate-style snippet expansion to the Vim editor. It allows users to define and trigger concise code snippets with tab-stop placeholders.

## Use cases
- expand code snippets in vim like textmate
- insert boilerplate code with tab stops in vim
- define custom snippet templates for programming languages
- speed up repetitive typing in the vim editor
- migrate textmate snippet habits to vim

## When to avoid
- you are starting fresh - the README points to the actively maintained garbas/vim-snipmate fork
- you use Neovim and prefer Lua-based snippet engines like LuaSnip
- you need a plugin with an active license and ongoing maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: vim, snippets, textmate, vim-script, code-expansion

## Member repositories
- msanders/snipmate.vim (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.013519+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 2026-08-30T03:01:08.579956+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/msanders/snipmate.vim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:05.013519+00:00, sha a21cc7249193)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.