# Lokaltog/vim-powerline

Moved to powerline/powerline.

Repository: https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-powerline
Homepage: https://github.com/powerline/powerline
Language: Vim Script
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2013-01-22T07:14:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5402, "days_push": 4971, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2848, forks 365 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:25.567674+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim statusline plugin that renders a better-looking, more functional statusline with fancy symbols and segment-based configuration. It is deprecated and superseded by the rewritten Python-based powerline/powerline project.

## Use cases
- make my vim statusline look better
- show git branch and syntax errors in vim statusline
- add powerline symbols to vim statusline
- patch fonts with powerline glyphs
- customize vim statusline segments and colors

## When to choose
- you are stuck on a legacy Vim setup and want the original vimscript statusline plugin
- you need the old fontpatcher or community patched fonts for powerline symbols

## When to avoid
- starting a new configuration - use powerline/powerline or a modern statusline plugin instead
- you need new features or bug fixes - the plugin is in maintenance mode and no longer developed
- you want statuslines for tmux, zsh, or other applications - the successor supports those, this does not

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, developer-tools, theme
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, editor-plugin, cli
- tags: vim-plugin, statusline, powerline-fonts, deprecated, font-patcher, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Lokaltog/vim-powerline (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.567674+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 2026-08-30T07:37:00.567680+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-powerline (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:25.567674+00:00, sha dedb94814e1f)
  - homepage: https://github.com/powerline/powerline (fetched 2026-08-29T09:52:33.439696+00:00, sha 8fae7d543070)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.