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preservim/tagbar

Vim plugin that displays tags in a window, ordered by scope observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/preservim/tagbar · homepage · Vim Script · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

71/100

  • Activity 87
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

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: 5713
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 80
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6222 stars · 478 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Tagbar is a Vim/NeoVim plugin that shows a sidebar displaying ctags-generated tags of the current file, ordered by scope, to give an overview of its structure. It generates tags on-the-fly in memory and requires a ctags implementation such as Universal Ctags.

Use cases

  • browse the structure of the current file in vim
  • show a class outline sidebar in neovim
  • navigate methods and functions in a large source file
  • view c++ class methods grouped under their class
  • toggle a tag sidebar with a keyboard shortcut
  • jump to definitions from an outline view

When to choose

  • you use Vim or NeoVim and want a file structure outline
  • you want on-the-fly tag generation without managing tags files
  • you need scope-ordered navigation like methods under classes

When to avoid

  • you need a general-purpose tags file manager (use vim-gutentags instead)
  • you want an IDE-style project-wide symbol search
  • you don't want to install a ctags implementation

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

developer-tools editor developer-tools text-editors windows editor-plugin vim neovim ctags code-navigation sidebar outline-viewer vim-script linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
preservim/tagbarmain71

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="preservim/tagbar")

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