vim-slime
Shares rank 6 of 7 Vim plugins by recommenders
People recommend this simple Vim plugin for sending selected code to a tmux or screen pane running a REPL, giving a quick feedback loop.
People recommend this simple Vim plugin for sending selected code to a tmux or screen pane running a REPL, giving a quick feedback loop.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Sends code to tmux or screen pane
“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.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Getting Started in Common Lisp” “it allows you to "send" your current vim line or paragraph to a tmux instance running a lisp interpreter”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Getting Started in Common Lisp” Works with Lisp and IPython REPLs
“it allows you to "send" your current vim line or paragraph to a tmux instance running a lisp interpreter”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Getting Started in Common Lisp” “It works well with IPython.”
Comment from 14 Dec 2025 in “We Lost Something: 1970s REPLs Were Better Than Modern Development Environments”
Other Vim plugins people recommend
The four most recommended other Vim plugins, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vim-fugitive | 10 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| IdeaVim | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| Sidekick.nvim | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| lazy.nvim | 8 | 1 | 89% | 2 | — | — |
| vim-slimeThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“an "agent" that does stdin/stdout only for UI is perfect”
“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.”
“The feedback loop is probably the best in class from anything i have ever used.”
“it allows you to "send" your current vim line or paragraph to a tmux instance running a lisp interpreter”
“It works well with IPython.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.