# ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace

Better whitespace highlighting for Vim

Repository: https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-better-whitespace
Language: Vim Script
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: vim, whitespace, trailing-spaces, trailing-whitespaces
Last push: 2025-05-12T19:41:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 21, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4588, "days_push": 478, "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 1431, forks 80 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:42.970072+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: vim, whitespace, trailing-whitespace, code-cleanup, syntax-highlighting

## Member repositories
- ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:42.970072+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 2026-08-30T04:37:08.295408+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:42.970072+00:00, sha 798230ac40c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.