# vim-slime Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/vim-slime/ 5 people recommended vim-slime in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 3 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Getting Started in Common Lisp”. **Verdict:** People recommend this simple Vim plugin for sending selected code to a tmux or screen pane running a REPL, giving a quick feedback loop. Summary written by Claude from 5 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Sends code to tmux or screen pane (2 comments in the sample): "It’s a great example of doing something simple (send selections to another tmux/screen pane) that can be used in all kinds of useful ways." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322011)) "it allows you to "send" your current vim line or paragraph to a tmux instance running a lisp interpreter" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320527)) - Works with Lisp and IPython REPLs (1 comment in the sample): "It works well with IPython." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46262191)) ## Other Vim plugins people recommend - [Sidekick.nvim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidekick/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize - [vim-fugitive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vim-fugitive/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize - [CodeCompanion.nvim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codecompanion/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize - [IdeaVim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ideavim/): 6 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "vim-slime", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vim-slime/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.