# ryanoasis/vim-devicons

Adds file type icons to Vim plugins such as: NERDTree, vim-airline, CtrlP, unite, Denite, lightline, vim-startify and many more

Repository: https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-devicons
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vim, viml, vim-plugins, vim-scripts, theme, icons, nerd-fonts, filetype, nerdtree, vim-airline, statusline, glyph-icons, visualization, visualisation, powerline, eye-candy, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2024-05-09T13:57:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4302, "days_push": 846, "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 5805, forks 274 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:29.839570+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin that adds file type glyph icons to popular Vim plugins like NERDTree, vim-airline, CtrlP, lightline, and vim-startify. It is highly customizable and supports a wide range of file type extensions and Nerd Fonts glyphs.

## Use cases
- show file type icons in NERDTree file explorer
- add icons to vim-airline or lightline statusline
- display filetype glyphs in CtrlP fuzzy finder results
- make vim-startify start screen show file icons
- customize and extend icon glyphs for file extensions in Vim
- make Vim file browsing more visually recognizable with icons

## When to choose
- you use Vim or Neovim with plugins like NERDTree, airline, or CtrlP and want visual file type icons
- you have a Nerd Font installed and want richer glyphs in your editor UI
- you want a customizable, widely-supported icon solution across many Vim plugins

## When to avoid
- you don't use a patched Nerd Font, since icons will render as broken glyphs
- you use a modern Neovim setup better served by Lua-native alternatives like nvim-web-devicons
- you want icons in editors other than Vim/Neovim

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, theme, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, web-design
- platform: cli, cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: vim-plugin, icons, nerd-fonts, filetype-glyphs, nerdtree, vim-airline, statusline, eye-candy

## Member repositories
- ryanoasis/vim-devicons (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.839570+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 2026-08-29T17:52:44.544641+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.839570+00:00, sha b31c803ce712)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.