# kshenoy/vim-signature

Plugin to toggle, display and navigate marks

Repository: https://github.com/kshenoy/vim-signature
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim-signature
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-10-20T10:08:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5185, "days_push": 1413, "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 1426, forks 73 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:41.626287+00:00)

## What it is
A Vim plugin that lets users place, toggle, display, and navigate marks, showing them as signs in the sign column. It also supports custom visual markers, mark traversal, and dynamic highlighting integration.

## Use cases
- toggle and display vim marks in the sign column
- navigate between marks in a file
- place custom visual markers on lines
- jump to next or previous mark alphabetically
- highlight lines based on mark state
- manage multiple marks per buffer

## When to choose
- you use Vim heavily and want visual feedback for marks
- you need faster mark-based navigation than built-in Vim provides
- you want custom signs as visual line markers

## When to avoid
- you use Neovim and prefer plugins built for its native APIs
- your Vim is not compiled with +signs support
- you need a plugin actively adding new features

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: editor-plugin, cli, cross-platform
- tags: vim, marks, signs, navigation, vim-plugin

## Member repositories
- kshenoy/vim-signature (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.626287+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 2026-08-30T04:37:27.119815+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kshenoy/vim-signature (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.626287+00:00, sha 95f789997175)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.