# vim-awesome/vim-awesome

Awesome Vim plugins from across the universe

Repository: https://github.com/vim-awesome/vim-awesome
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-awesome
Homepage: http://vimawesome.com
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-09-25T20:22:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4846, "days_push": 2168, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2063, forks 93 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.928655+00:00)

## What it is
Vim Awesome is an open-source web application that serves as a comprehensive directory of Vim plugins, aggregating data from GitHub, Vim.org, and user submissions. It helps users discover new and popular Vim plugins through a searchable, ranked catalog.

## Use cases
- find popular vim plugins
- discover new vim plugins for my setup
- browse a directory of vim plugins by category
- search for a vim plugin to do X
- see which vim plugins are trending
- submit a vim plugin to a directory

## When to choose
- you want to discover or evaluate Vim plugins from a curated, community-driven catalog
- you want to self-host or contribute to a Vim plugin directory service
- you need usage-popularity signals for Vim plugins mined from GitHub dotfiles

## When to avoid
- you need a plugin manager to install or update Vim plugins (use vim-plug, Vundle, etc.)
- you need up-to-date data or active maintenance - the project's last release was 2020
- you are looking for plugins for editors other than Vim

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, web-scraping, data-science
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-development
- platform: python
- tags: vim-plugins, plugin-directory, rethinkdb, react, community-resource, search, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- vim-awesome/vim-awesome (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.928655+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 2026-08-30T02:57:10.292341+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/vim-awesome/vim-awesome (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.928655+00:00, sha d262892ddb64)
  - homepage: http://vimawesome.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:29.235434+00:00, sha bef09e476b31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.