# pocco81/true-zen.nvim

🦝 Clean and elegant distraction-free writing for NeoVim

Repository: https://github.com/pocco81/true-zen.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/true-zennvim
Language: Lua
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: neovim-ui, toggles, nvim, vi-mode, lua, neovim-plugin, zen, pretty, neovim, zenmode
Last push: 2024-07-27T21:53:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1965, "days_push": 767, "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 1022, forks 33 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:16.098736+00:00)

## What it is
A NeoVim plugin written in Lua that provides distraction-free writing via four modes: Ataraxis (zen mode), Minimalist, Narrow, and Focus. It works out of the box and integrates with tmux, kitty, twilight.nvim, and lualine.

## Use cases
- hide UI elements in neovim for focused writing
- zen mode for neovim
- narrow a text region to focus on it
- focus only the current window in neovim
- unclutter the editor screen while writing prose
- toggle distraction-free mode in vim

## When to choose
- you write prose or long documents in NeoVim and want a clean screen
- you want a zen mode with configurable padding and callbacks
- you use tmux or kitty and want editor-wide distraction-free integration

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than NeoVim
- you need a full writing app with word counts and export features
- you want IDE-style distraction-free mode with built-in markdown preview

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, ui-components, theme
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, zen-mode, distraction-free, lua, writing

## Member repositories
- pocco81/true-zen.nvim (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.098736+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 2026-08-30T07:08:45.811546+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pocco81/true-zen.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.098736+00:00, sha dab3583a0322)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.