# liuchengxu/vista.vim

:cactus: Viewer & Finder for LSP symbols and tags

Repository: https://github.com/liuchengxu/vista.vim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vistavim
Homepage: https://liuchengxu.github.io/vista.vim
Language: Vim Script
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vim, neovim, vim-plugin, language-server-protocol, ctags
Last push: 2024-12-11T17:03:56+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": 2755, "days_push": 630, "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 1934, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:56.423129+00:00)

## What it is
Vista.vim is a Vim/NeoVim plugin that displays and searches LSP symbols and ctags tags in a sidebar, acting as a modern replacement for tagbar. It supports multiple LSP clients and fuzzy finders like fzf and skim for symbol navigation.

## Use cases
- view code symbols in a vim sidebar
- replace tagbar with LSP support
- fuzzy find functions and classes in current file
- show nearest method in statusline
- generate markdown table of contents
- jump to symbol definitions from an outline

## When to choose
- you use Vim or NeoVim and want a tagbar alternative with LSP symbol support
- you need async symbol viewing and fuzzy symbol finding
- you want statusline integration showing the nearest function

## When to avoid
- you use an IDE with built-in outline views
- you rely on Exuberant Ctags instead of universal-ctags
- you need a perfectly rendered ctags tree view (known flaw #320)

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: editor-plugin, cli
- tags: vim-plugin, lsp, ctags, symbol-navigator, tagbar-alternative, fzf, vim, neovim

## Member repositories
- liuchengxu/vista.vim (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:56.423129+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 2026-08-30T03:08:29.728780+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/liuchengxu/vista.vim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:56.423129+00:00, sha dd103f2362cd)
  - homepage: https://liuchengxu.github.io/vista.vim (fetched 2026-08-29T10:47:48.360934+00:00, sha 84ff4dd4d78f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.