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qvacua/vimr

VimR is a macOS native editor that embeds the Neovim engine to provide a modern, high-performance terminal interface. The system is architected as a modular Swift application featuring a custom rendering engine for text and ligatures, alongside reusable UI components for tab management and workspace toolbars. It also includes utilities for file ignoring, network management, and automated build and release workflows.

47.1

Weak · 3 August 2026

29k

lines of production code

Swift

primary language

1

bus factor · 58 authors in all

2

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How it got here

2016–2017 · Build system and release automation

This period focused on modernizing the project's infrastructure by introducing automated build, signing, and release scripts, alongside a new Jenkins CI configuration. The team also restructured the Xcode workspace and project files to integrate new dependencies and subprojects, while generating Swift bindings for the Neovim API to keep the UI in sync with upstream changes.

12 changes

2018–2020 · Swift 6 migration and modularization

This period focused on migrating the codebase to Swift 6 and modernizing the project structure by extracting shared utilities into a new Commons module. Significant refactoring was performed on the NvimView rendering engine and input handling, while new UI components for tabs and workspaces were introduced alongside comprehensive test coverage.

21 changes

2022–2024 · Neovim integration and tooling

This period focused on integrating Neovim functionality into the project, including a Swift-based API for asynchronous communication and build scripts for macOS binaries. It also established development tooling, such as Xcode workspace configurations and schemes, to improve the local development experience.

6 changes

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 3 August 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit 1e7df5a90c — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric rubric-2026.08.18. Score the same commit under that rubric and you get the same number.
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