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tpope/vim-commentary

commentary.vim: comment stuff out observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/tpope/vim-commentary · homepage · Vim Script observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

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: 5492
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 681
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6156 stars · 211 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

commentary.vim is a minimalist Vim plugin that adds comment toggling via the gc operator, supporting motions, visual selections, counts, and a :Commentary command. It relies on Vim's 'commentstring' setting and weighs in at under 100 lines of code.

Use cases

  • comment out a line in vim
  • toggle comments on a code block
  • uncomment lines in vim
  • comment out a paragraph with a motion
  • add commenting support to any filetype via commentstring

When to choose

  • you use Vim or Neovim and want fast, idiomatic commenting via motions and text objects
  • you prefer a tiny, minimal plugin over heavyweight alternatives
  • you want commenting that works with any filetype by setting 'commentstring'

When to avoid

  • you use a different editor like VS Code or Emacs
  • you need advanced commenting features like block comments with custom formatting or language auto-detection beyond 'commentstring'

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

editor developer-tools text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin cli cross-platform vim vim-plugin commenting code-commenting editor-plugin minimalist

5 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
tpope/vim-commentarymain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="tpope/vim-commentary")

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