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ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace

Better whitespace highlighting for Vim observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace · Vim Script · Unlicense (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

42/100

  • Activity 21
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4588
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 478
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1431 stars · 80 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Vim plugin that highlights trailing whitespace characters in buffers and provides a :StripWhitespace command to remove them. It supports highlighting on save, per-buffer toggles, and customizable highlight colors.

Use cases

  • highlight trailing whitespace in vim
  • strip trailing whitespace on save
  • clean up trailing spaces in files
  • customize whitespace highlight color in vim
  • toggle whitespace highlighting per buffer

When to choose

  • you use Vim or Neovim and want automatic trailing-whitespace visibility and cleanup
  • you want whitespace stripped on save with file-type blacklists
  • you need per-buffer control over whitespace highlighting

When to avoid

  • you use an editor other than Vim
  • you need general linting or formatting beyond whitespace handling

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

editor developer-tools text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin cli cross-platform vim whitespace trailing-whitespace code-cleanup syntax-highlighting

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ntpeters/vim-better-whitespacemain42

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