# tpope/vim-fireplace

fireplace.vim: Clojure REPL support

Repository: https://github.com/tpope/vim-fireplace
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-fireplace
Homepage: https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4978
Language: Vim Script
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-11-01T19:25:28+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": 5020, "days_push": 670, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1759, forks 141 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.544478+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin by Tim Pope providing Clojure REPL support via nREPL, with transparent auto-connection to Leiningen, Boot, and Clojure CLI projects. It offers inline code evaluation, a quasi-REPL command-line window, definition jumping, omnicomplete, and doc/source lookup.

## Use cases
- evaluate Clojure code from a Vim buffer
- connect Vim to a running nREPL for live coding
- jump to Clojure function and namespace definitions from Vim
- get Clojure docstrings and source in the editor
- autocomplete Clojure code in Vim
- run Clojure tests asynchronously from Vim
- work with ClojureScript REPLs via Piggieback

## When to choose
- you develop Clojure or ClojureScript in Vim and want tight REPL integration
- you want automatic nREPL connection with Leiningen, Boot, or Clojure CLI projects
- you prefer inline evaluation over a separate REPL window

## When to avoid
- you use Neovim and prefer a Lua-native solution like conjure
- you use Emacs, where CIDER is the standard Clojure environment
- you need a full IDE experience with debugging and refactoring

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: interpreter, developer-tools, testing
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, editor-plugin
- tags: clojure, repl, nrepl, vim-plugin, editor-integration, live-evaluation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tpope/vim-fireplace (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.544478+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 2026-08-30T03:27:33.131626+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tpope/vim-fireplace (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.544478+00:00, sha 63d029ad2760)
  - homepage: https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=4978 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:39.939441+00:00, sha 4cc378254dd8)
  - site_page: https://www.vim.org/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:39.949377+00:00, sha 1bd2c1907ce5)
  - site_page: https://www.vim.org/docs.php (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:39.951632+00:00, sha 438015e9e2e2)
  - site_page: http://www.vim.org/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:39.953688+00:00, sha fbe78bde9535)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.