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Top 9 Vim Script Highlighting Projects

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  1. vim-c-cpp-modern

    Extended Vim syntax highlighting for C and C++ (C++11..26)

  2. SaaSHub

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  3. vim-cool

    A very simple plugin that makes hlsearch more useful.

  4. python-syntax

    Python syntax highlighting for Vim

  5. chezmoi.vim

    Highlight dotfiles you manage with chezmoi.

    Project mention: Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-18

  6. vim-searchlight

    Highlights the current search match

  7. pandoc-vimhl

    vim plugin that makes vim syntax highlighting engine available in pandoc

  8. vim-syntax-nftables

    Vim/Neovim syntax highlighter for nftables — highlights configs, catches typos, and makes editing firewall rules easier.

    Project mention: What Is Going on with All This Radioactive Shrimp? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-11

    Grok/ChatGPT cannot navigate semantic pathways of large syntax files (nftables, ISC Bind9).

    I've worked with both and finished my Vim syntax highlighters down to the keywords.

    And getting them to find 'stmt', 'expr_stmt', and 'primary_stmt_expr' semantic production rules (one is Bison-generated .y file, other is hand-rolled). Both makes too much assumptions despite explicitly instructing them to do "verification & validation" of a pathway given a sample statement.

    Only Google Gemini barely cut the mustard.

    Don't expect LLM to navigate S-expression, RECREATE abstract syntax tree, transition a state machine, or interpret Bison parsers reliably.

    - https://github.com/egberts/vim-syntax-bind-named

    - https://github.com/egberts/vim-syntax-nftables

  9. Ark.vim

    Syntax highlighting plugin for https://github.com/ArkScript-lang/Ark

  10. citylights.vim

    A Vim port of the beautiful City Lights syntax theme by Yummygum

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).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Highlighting projects in Vim Script? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 vim-c-cpp-modern 609
2 vim-cool 573
3 python-syntax 446
4 chezmoi.vim 170
5 vim-searchlight 53
6 pandoc-vimhl 17
7 vim-syntax-nftables 9
8 Ark.vim 4
9 citylights.vim 0

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