# octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight

Additional Vim syntax highlighting for C++ (including C++11/14/17)

Repository: https://github.com/octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-02-03T18:31:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4856, "days_push": 1307, "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 1074, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.054932+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin providing enhanced C++ syntax highlighting, including support for C++11/14/17 features, standard library containers, boost types, and user-defined functions. It offers optional highlighting for class scopes, member variables, class declarations, POSIX functions, templates, and library concepts.

## Use cases
- improve C++ syntax highlighting in vim
- highlight C++11/14/17 features in vim
- highlight standard library containers and boost types in vim
- highlight class names and member variables in vim
- highlight C++ template functions in vim
- highlight C++ concepts and requires keywords in vim

## When to choose
- you write modern C++ (C++11/14/17) in Vim and want richer highlighting than the default
- you want highlighting of user-defined functions, class scopes, member variables, or standard library types
- you use Vim with a plugin manager like Vundle or Pathogen

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than Vim
- you need perfect template highlighting on very large files (the simple option can be slow and has corner cases)
- you want an IDE-grade semantic highlighting experience

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: vim, syntax-highlighting, cpp, c++11, c++14, c++17

## Member repositories
- octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.054932+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 2026-08-30T06:53:32.738283+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/octol/vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.054932+00:00, sha 9f330ecc2556)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.