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Top 23 Shell Vim Projects
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nb
CLI and local web plain text note‑taking, bookmarking, and archiving with linking, tagging, filtering, search, Git versioning & syncing, Pandoc conversion, + more, in a single portable script.
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Project mention: tmux + Neovim + AI: My tdev Workflow for AI-Powered Development Sessions | dev.to | 2026-04-09
But having two panes is useless if switching between them is annoying. The Neovim tmux integration comes from vim-tmux-navigator so that Ctrl+h/j/k/l works identically whether I'm in a Vim split or a tmux pane.
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vim-keybindings-everywhere-the-ultimate-list
The ultimate list of which programs support Vim-like keybindings natively, or how they can be added with extensions. A collaborative project.
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M.I.B._More-Incredible-Bash
M.I.B. - More Incredible Bash - The Army knife for Harman MIB 2.x aka MHI2(Q) units
Project mention: Ask HN: Do custom ROMs exist for electric cars, for example Teslas? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-01 -
dotfiles
My configuration. Minimalist, but helps save a few thousand keystrokes a day. (by geerlingguy)
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Project mention: Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-13
See vimv (https://github.com/thameera/vimv) for a minimal version of this in the CLI, using Vim as the editor.
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tmux-modal
Execute complex tmux commands in just a few keystrokes with a modal mode that is designed to be efficient, easy to remember and comfortable
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Shell Vim discussion
Shell Vim related posts
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tmux + Neovim + AI: My tdev Workflow for AI-Powered Development Sessions
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Terminals should generate the 256-color palette
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Dotfiles by neiesc Arch Linux and Hyprland and and chezmoi and some toys
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Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer
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We need more zero config tools
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I Made an Extended Version of vimtutor - Introducing Vimtutor Sequel
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Keybindings FTW! ⌨️🥂
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Vim projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | nb | 8,198 |
| 2 | vim-tmux-navigator | 6,213 |
| 3 | zsh-vi-mode | 4,361 |
| 4 | vim-anywhere | 3,753 |
| 5 | dotfiles | 2,962 |
| 6 | vim-keybindings-everywhere-the-ultimate-list | 2,563 |
| 7 | dotfiles | 1,530 |
| 8 | myTermux | 1,221 |
| 9 | M.I.B._More-Incredible-Bash | 965 |
| 10 | dotfiles | 693 |
| 11 | vimv | 681 |
| 12 | vimtutor-sequel | 553 |
| 13 | fzf-scripts | 525 |
| 14 | dotfiles | 361 |
| 15 | dotfiles | 329 |
| 16 | dots2k | 327 |
| 17 | dotfiles | 279 |
| 18 | dot | 277 |
| 19 | dotfiles | 258 |
| 20 | dotfiles | 247 |
| 21 | tmux-modal | 215 |
| 22 | dotfiles | 188 |
| 23 | termux2k | 178 |
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