# ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags

A Vim plugin that manages your tag files

Repository: https://github.com/ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-gutentags
Homepage: https://bolt80.com/gutentags/
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vim-plugins, ctags
Last push: 2024-06-09T01:12:19+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": 4427, "days_push": 816, "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 2340, forks 177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:38.628194+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin that automatically manages ctags tag files, regenerating them in the background as you edit and save files. It detects project roots via SCM folders and keeps tag files consistent without user intervention.

## Use cases
- automatically generate ctags files in vim
- keep vim tag files up to date on save
- incremental ctags regeneration for large projects
- code navigation tags without manual ctags runs
- vim plugin to manage tags like an IDE
- avoid stale tags after renaming functions

## When to choose
- you use Vim and want automatic, zero-config ctags management
- you work on large projects where full tag regeneration is too slow
- you want cross-platform tag management with no dependencies beyond Vim and ctags

## When to avoid
- you use LSP-based navigation instead of ctags
- you don't use Vim or Neovim
- you need tag management for editors other than Vim

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, parser
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin
- tags: vim, ctags, tags-file, code-navigation, editor-plugin

## Member repositories
- ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:38.628194+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 2026-08-30T02:37:25.509730+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:38.628194+00:00, sha bea5ee2dce81)
  - homepage: https://bolt80.com/gutentags/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:17:54.351590+00:00, sha c9a537232851)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.