# LukeSmithxyz/st

Luke's fork of the suckless simple terminal (st) with vim bindings and Xresource compatibility.

Repository: https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/st
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-10T15:10:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3149, "days_push": 145, "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 1684, forks 1010 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:21.956068+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: terminal-ui, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: bsd, cross-platform
- tags: terminal-emulator, suckless, xresources, vim-bindings, scrollback, transparency, gruvbox, c, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- LukeSmithxyz/st (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.956068+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 2026-08-30T03:41:15.846557+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.956068+00:00, sha ac2e4edd87ed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.