EditorConfig
EditorConfig universal issue tracker and wiki observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
40/100
- Activity 17
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5438
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 499
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3447 stars · 119 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
EditorConfig is a file format and ecosystem for defining consistent coding styles (indentation, charset, line endings) via a .editorconfig file shared across a project. It consists of the format specification plus plugins for many editors and IDEs that read the file and apply the styles automatically.
Use cases
- keep indentation and line endings consistent across a team
- share coding style settings between different editors and IDEs
- stop committing mixed tabs and spaces
- enforce utf-8 charset and final newline in files
- define per-filetype style rules in version control
When to choose
- your team uses multiple editors or IDEs
- you want editor-agnostic style config committed to the repo
- you need simple, zero-dependency style consistency without a full formatter
When to avoid
- you need automated code reformatting rather than editor settings
- you need linting or style enforcement in CI rather than at edit time
Facets
plugin · maturity stable
developer-tools configuration-management formatter developer-tools text-editors cross-platform cross-platform editor-plugin editorconfig coding-style editor-plugins code-consistency configuration-file-format
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig · fetched 2026-08-28 · abe62b008179
- homepage: http://editorconfig.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · bcfd64b97941
- site_page: http://docs.editorconfig.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3
- site_page: http://javadocs.editorconfig.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44136fa355b3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| editorconfig/editorconfig | docs | 40 |
| editorconfig/editorconfig-vim | plugin | 55 |
| editorconfig/editorconfig-vscode | plugin | 82 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="editorconfig/editorconfig")
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