# oakes/vim_cubed

Vim rendered on a cube for no reason

Repository: https://github.com/oakes/vim_cubed
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vim_cubed
Language: Nim
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-04-15T00:05:41+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": 2347, "days_push": 1602, "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 2733, forks 37 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:16.174714+00:00)

## What it is
Vim³ is a novelty application that renders a fully functional Vim editor on the surface of a spinning 3D cube, built in Nim on top of paravim. It embeds a real copy of Vim, so it works as an actual editor despite being a joke project.

## Use cases
- run vim on a spinning 3d cube
- try a novelty vim editor
- demo opengl rendering with nim
- use vim as a real editor in 3d
- show off a fun terminal editor hack

## When to choose
- you want a fun, working Vim rendered in 3D as a demo or gag
- you want to see Nim and OpenGL used to embed a real editor

## When to avoid
- you need a serious daily-driver editor without gimmicks
- you need a maintained, feature-rich Vim distribution
- you can't tolerate a permanently spinning cube

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, graphics, gui
- domain: text-editors, graphics, entertainment, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: vim, novelty, opengl, 3d, nim, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- oakes/vim_cubed (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.174714+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 2026-08-30T02:14:30.110219+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oakes/vim_cubed (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.174714+00:00, sha 85b5640be9b1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.