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LukeSmithxyz/st

Luke's fork of the suckless simple terminal (st) with vim bindings and Xresource compatibility. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

66/100

  • Activity 76
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3149
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 145
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1684 stars · 1010 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Luke Smith's patched fork of the suckless simple terminal (st), a lightweight X11 terminal emulator written in C. It adds vim-style keybindings, scrollback, URL following/copying via dmenu, Xresources/pywal color compatibility, transparency, and common st patches like ligatures and boxdraw.

Use cases

  • lightweight terminal emulator for X11
  • terminal with vim keybindings for scrolling
  • terminal that follows and copies URLs with dmenu
  • dynamically theme terminal colors with Xresources and pywal
  • transparent terminal with adjustable alpha
  • terminal with ligature and font fallback support

When to choose

  • you want a minimal, fast X11 terminal customized via source patches
  • you prefer vim-style navigation and keyboard-driven URL handling
  • you use pywal or Xresources for dynamic theming

When to avoid

  • you need a GPU-accelerated terminal like alacritty or kitty
  • you want a terminal that works on Wayland without X11
  • you prefer configuration without recompiling the source

Facets

application · maturity active

terminal-ui gui developer-tools desktop-applications bsd cross-platform terminal-emulator suckless xresources vim-bindings scrollback transparency gruvbox c command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
LukeSmithxyz/stmain66

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