# mattn/vim-gist

Vim plugin for Gist

Repository: https://github.com/mattn/vim-gist
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-gist
Homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2423
Language: Vim Script
License Family: other
Topics: vim, gist
Last push: 2026-04-10T23:20:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6516, "days_push": 145, "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 1690, forks 130 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:22.574556+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin (vimscript) for creating, editing, listing, forking, starring, and deleting GitHub Gists directly from the editor. It supports posting buffers or selections, anonymous and private gists, and browsing gist listings with keyboard mappings.

## Use cases
- post current buffer or selection to github gist from vim
- create private or anonymous gists without leaving the editor
- edit and update an existing gist with :w
- list my gists or another user's gists in vim
- fetch a gist by id into a vim buffer
- fork or star a gist from vim
- copy a gist's contents to the clipboard

## When to choose
- you use Vim and frequently share code snippets as GitHub Gists
- you want to create, edit, and manage gists without switching to a browser
- you want to pull gists into buffers for quick editing or copying

## When to avoid
- you use a different editor like VS Code or Neovim with Lua-based tooling
- you need a general-purpose GitHub client beyond gists
- you cannot install curl, which the plugin requires

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, editor
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, apis
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: vim, gist, github, vim-plugin, code-snippets, editor-plugin

## Member repositories
- mattn/vim-gist (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.574556+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 2026-08-30T03:38:22.565622+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mattn/vim-gist (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:22.574556+00:00, sha d24a48e43e68)
  - homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2423 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:13:23.353733+00:00, sha be91c9ad4b39)
  - site_page: https://www.vim.org/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T11:13:23.362969+00:00, sha 1bd2c1907ce5)
  - site_page: https://www.vim.org/docs.php (fetched 2026-08-29T11:13:23.365011+00:00, sha 438015e9e2e2)
  - site_page: http://www.vim.org/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T11:13:23.366804+00:00, sha fbe78bde9535)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.