Vim

The official Vim repository observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/vim/vim · homepage · Vim Script · Vim (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

Activity 99
Release rhythm 35
Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 4033
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 7
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

40803 stars · 6126 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Vim is a highly configurable, modal text editor and improved version of the Unix vi editor, written in C with its own scripting language (Vim script/Vim9 script). It runs on nearly every platform, supports hundreds of languages via syntax highlighting, an extensive plugin ecosystem, and both terminal and GUI interfaces.

Use cases

edit text files in the terminal
write code with syntax highlighting
edit files over ssh on remote servers
learn vi keybindings for fast keyboard-only editing
customize an editor with plugins and macros
edit configuration files on any unix system

When to choose

you need a fast, keyboard-driven editor available on virtually every unix system
you want deep customization via plugins, mappings, and scripting
you work frequently over ssh or in terminal-only environments
you want to learn modal editing skills transferable to many tools

When to avoid

you want a GUI editor that works out of the box with no learning curve
you need WYSIWYG word processing or typeset document editing
your team cannot invest time in learning modal editing

Facets

application · maturity stable

editor cli gui plugin-system text-editors developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform cli vi vim-script terminal-editor syntax-highlighting charityware command-line linux macos desktop

5 sources

readme: https://github.com/vim/vim · fetched 2026-08-28 · 81ffd0554fca
homepage: https://www.vim.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 798cb352c099
site_page: https://www.vim.org/about.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1bd2c1907ce5
site_page: https://www.vim.org/docs.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · 438015e9e2e2
site_page: http://www.vim.org/about.php · fetched 2026-08-29 · fbe78bde9535

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
vim/vim	main	77
vim/vim-win32-installer	infra	95

For agents

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