tmux vs vim

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tmux		vim
	Project
11	Mentions	17
591	Stars	1,292
3.9%	Growth	0.2%
7.2	Activity	5.0
11 days ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Shell	Language	Vim Script
MIT License	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

tmux

Posts with mentions or reviews of tmux. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-23.

copy-mode breaks occasionally
1 project | /r/tmux | 10 May 2023

Documentation for Dracula: https://draculatheme.com/tmux
I've changed my codescheme to JetBrains Dracula I wrote my colorscheme using mini.color locally and then modified each corresponding highlight one by one for greater accuracy.
2 projects | /r/neovim | 23 Apr 2023

U mean the bar in the top, right? It’s tmux https://github.com/dracula/tmux
Dracula in Tmux (powerline)
1 project | /r/draculatheme | 5 Jan 2023

Hello! How can i make same separators like on the main picture (https://draculatheme.com/tmux) in powerline. I want to make the same view in my tmux powerline. I can't find options to make it similiar. I will be really pleasent for your help!
Terminal 'status' bar/area, a la shox
9 projects | /r/commandline | 7 Oct 2022

Check out the Nova theme which is essentially a status bar for a configurable option. The Dracula theme is another one that comes preconfigured with a load of goodies but I prefer to configure my own with Nova.
Gnome + Material Shell.
1 project | /r/Fedora | 31 Aug 2022
I made a tmux plugin to spice up your terminal 🐧💅🏼
3 projects | dev.to | 13 Aug 2022

tmux2k was inspired by dracula/tmux.
It's 2022. Is programming professionally in the terminal worth trying out?
7 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 21 Mar 2022

Tmux (which Vim runs inside): https://draculatheme.com/tmux
Different colors than in theme
1 project | /r/tmux | 3 Dec 2021
How to get Dracula theme working with tmux?
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 2 Dec 2021
Useful Tmux Configuration Examples
6 projects | dev.to | 18 Nov 2021

Let's go over how to install a package. I really like the dracula theme plugin. To install it, I have the following in my tmux config:

vim

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-16.

What color scheme do you use?
40 projects | /r/neovim | 16 Jun 2023
Neovim error after upgrading to 0.9.0
2 projects | /r/neovim | 8 Apr 2023

I have the same issue in dracula.nvim, I followed the advice here https://github.com/dracula/vim/issues/290.
How can I change the theme?
1 project | /r/vim | 20 Oct 2022

Maybe your terminal doesn’t support italic text. Looks similar to this issue https://github.com/dracula/vim/issues/81.
What is the highlight group of the grey bar that appears on the left?
2 projects | /r/neovim | 4 Sep 2022
Trending vim color schemes | vimcolorschemes
2 projects | /r/vim | 3 Apr 2022

I use Dracula because it's available for all my apps (vim, tmux, zsh, firefox, slack) as well as many web sites via Stylus.
It's 2022. Is programming professionally in the terminal worth trying out?
7 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 21 Mar 2022
Whats your favourite colorscheme in Vim/NeoVim?
44 projects | /r/vim | 14 Mar 2022

I use dracula.
vim VS dracula.nvim - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 5 Mar 2022
Does anyone use the Dracula theme?
1 project | /r/vim | 24 Jan 2022

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged') " Dracula theme with Vim Plug https://draculatheme.com/vim Plug 'dracula/vim', { 'as': 'dracula' } call plug#end()
what vim theme is your favourite? (and maybe tell us why?)
32 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Dec 2021

Dracula, a dark theme

What are some alternatives?

When comparing tmux and vim you can also consider the following projects:

tmux-powerline - ⚡️ A tmux plugin giving you a hackable status bar consisting of dynamic & beautiful looking powerline segments, written purely in bash.

plenary.nvim - plenary: full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified. All the lua functions I don't want to write twice.

shimmering-focus - Minimalistic Obsidian Theme for keyboard-centric users.

packer.nvim - A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config

tpm - Tmux Plugin Manager

vim-context-commentstring - Vim plugin that sets the value of ‘commentstring’ to a different value depending on the region of the file you are in.

Tmuxinator - Manage complex tmux sessions easily

vim-polyglot - A solid language pack for Vim.

Learn-Vim - Learning Vim and Vimscript doesn't have to be hard. This is the guide that you're looking for 📖

zet - Zettelkasten Repo. This is where I dump my knowledge as it happens, all my zettels ("slips" or notes) about almost anything and everything. The idea is rather simple really and very powerful. Be warned, however, just because something is here doesn't mean it is accurate or even that I still believe it.

tmux - An arctic, north-bluish clean and elegant tmux color theme.

vim-aurora - dark theme for vim