# preservim/tagbar

Vim plugin that displays tags in a window, ordered by scope

Repository: https://github.com/preservim/tagbar
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tagbar
Homepage: https://preservim.github.io/tagbar
Language: Vim Script
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: exuberant-ctags, vim, vim-plugins, neovim, tagbar, linux, macos, windows
Last push: 2026-06-14T16:03:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5713, "days_push": 80, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6222, forks 478 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:40.689309+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, editor
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: vim, neovim, ctags, code-navigation, sidebar, outline-viewer, vim-script, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- preservim/tagbar (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:40.689309+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 2026-08-29T17:47:15.441017+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/preservim/tagbar (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:40.689309+00:00, sha 142705b6ed56)
  - homepage: https://preservim.github.io/tagbar (fetched 2026-08-29T08:43:34.436728+00:00, sha 8dde9b0a0145)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.