# tpope/vim-rails

rails.vim: Ruby on Rails power tools

Repository: https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-rails
Homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1567
Language: Vim Script
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-02-19T06:36:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 35/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 7, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6537, "days_push": 560, "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 4151, forks 375 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:36.485546+00:00)

## What it is
rails.vim is a Vim plugin providing Rails-specific navigation, syntax highlighting, and command wrappers for editing Ruby on Rails applications. It offers alternate/related file jumping, :E-model/view/controller commands, generators, and customizable projections.

## Use cases
- jump between rails models views and controllers in vim
- enhanced rails syntax highlighting in vim
- run rails tests from vim
- generate rails controllers and models from the editor
- extract partials from rails views
- navigate rails directory structure with gf

## When to choose
- you develop Ruby on Rails apps in Vim
- you want IDE-like file navigation for Rails in a terminal editor
- you want to run Rails tests and generators without leaving Vim

## When to avoid
- you use an editor other than Vim
- you don't work with Ruby on Rails
- you need an IDE with full language analysis rather than editor tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, developer-tools, routing, templating, testing
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, text-editors, backend
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, windows
- tags: vim, ruby-on-rails, rails, syntax-highlighting, file-navigation, projectionist, tim-pope, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- tpope/vim-rails (main) score 35

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.485546+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 2026-08-29T18:22:54.188390+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tpope/vim-rails (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.485546+00:00, sha 6cc007904710)
  - homepage: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1567 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:49.701089+00:00, sha cf96e52b2687)
  - site_page: https://www.vim.org/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:49.704078+00:00, sha 1bd2c1907ce5)
  - site_page: https://www.vim.org/docs.php (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:49.705968+00:00, sha 438015e9e2e2)
  - site_page: http://www.vim.org/about.php (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:49.707657+00:00, sha fbe78bde9535)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.