.vim

2 claimants 2 primary 0 secondary shared primary (2)

SWH popularity

From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.

3.5M
total occurrences
643.1K
since 2019 (18.3%)
1970–2023
years active

Case variants in archive: .vim (3.5M), .Vim (37), .VIM (28) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to vim; Vim script; Vim script; Vim script as primary by 4 authoritative claims.

Authoritative sources: ✓ Linguist ✓ Pygments ✓ Wikidata · Q7931258 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (4)

Languages that list .vim among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.
LanguageSourceStrength
vimpygmentsprimary
Vim scriptlinguistprimary
Vim scriptpygmentsprimary
Vim scriptwikidataprimary

Wikidata says… (1)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .vim on Wikidata (property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox. Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv. Click Use as new PL on any row to open the Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
Right entry isn't listed? Add manually ↗
FormatClass (Wikidata P31)Suggested labelMIMENotesAction
VimL script file Q131412758
file format
file formattext/x-vimUse as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (0)

No archived examples for .vim in our local mirror yet.

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