cknadler/vim-anywhere

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3767 stars · 147 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A small shell-based utility that opens a Vim buffer from any application via a global keyboard shortcut; on close, its contents are copied to the clipboard and the previous app is refocused. It supports macOS and Linux (Gnome, i3) and keeps a temporary history of edited buffers.

Use cases

• edit text in vim from any application
• write long text with vim instead of a gui text box
• copy vim-edited text to clipboard for pasting elsewhere
• use vim keybindings outside the terminal
• keep a scratch buffer history for quick text edits

When to choose

• you are a Vim user who frequently writes text in non-Vim apps
• you want a global hotkey to spawn a scratch Vim buffer
• you use macOS or a Linux desktop like Gnome or i3

When to avoid

• you don't use Vim or its keybindings
• you need this on Windows or non-Gnome Linux desktops without workarounds
• you want a full editor integration rather than a clipboard scratchpad

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

editor developer-tools cli developer-tools text-editors cli vim clipboard keyboard-shortcut shell-script text-editing command-line macos linux

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