# Installer vim-classic avec Homebrew, apk

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de vim-classic pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:vim-classic
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install vim-classic
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add vim-classic
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vim-classic from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:vim-classic
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/vim-classic>
- **Version:** 8.3.0
- **Résumé source:** Vim 8 long term support version with no LLM-generated code
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://vim-classic.org/>
- **Dépôt:** <https://sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic>
- **Docs amont:** <https://vim-classic.org/doc>
- **Licence:** Vim
- **Archive source:** <https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/vim-classic/archive/v8.3.0.tar.gz>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-22T14:06:34-07:00
- **Généré:** 2026-07-25T07:20:51+00:00

## Dépendances

- gettext

## Dépendances de compilation

- gettext
- lua
- python@3.14

## Bibliothèques fournies par macOS

- ncurses

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Précautions: Additional features can be enabled by installing: lua, python@3.14
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-07-25
- version du gestionnaire: 8.3.0
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-06-22
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://vim-classic.org/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Historique du projet et usages

Vim Classic is a 2026 fork of Vim 8.x that presents itself as long-term support for the pre-Vim9 line of Vim. Its own homepage describes the project as a stable, dependable Vim 8.x fork maintained entirely by humans, and its first release announcement frames it as a fork maintained without generative AI tools.

### Historique du projet

Drew DeVault announced the fork in March 2026 after deciding he did not want to use Vim and Neovim codebases that accepted LLM-assisted development. He chose Vim 8.2.0148 as the base because it was the patch immediately before Vim9 Script entered upstream Vim, making Vim Classic intentionally compatible with older Vim plugins and workflows while avoiding the newer Vim9 language line.

The first public release, Vim Classic 8.3.0, was announced on June 2, 2026. The release was based on Vim 8.2.0148 with selected upstream bug fixes and security patches conservatively backported, and the announcement explicitly warned that the fork had not reviewed every upstream patch since that base.

### Historique d'adoption

Vim Classic is an early-stage fork rather than a broad replacement for upstream Vim. Its adoption story is mostly ideological and compatibility-driven: it targets users who want Vim 8 behavior, legacy plugin compatibility, and a maintenance policy that rejects generative AI assistance.

### Modes d'utilisation

In daily use, Vim Classic is meant to be used like Vim: the editor keeps Vim's modal editing model, command-line commands, help system, vimrc conventions, and vi/Vim muscle memory. The project documentation points users to the normal Vim help model, including reading help inside the editor.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

For package maintainers and terminal-editor users, Vim Classic is notable less as a new editor interface and more as a policy fork: it freezes around a Vim 8-era compatibility point, backports selected fixes, and creates a packageable alternative for users who object to LLM-assisted upstream development.

### Chronologie

- 2026-03-25: Drew DeVault publicly describes forking Vim and choosing Vim 8.2.0148 as the base.
- 2026-06-02: Vim Classic 8.3.0 is released as the first stable long-term-support fork release.

### Related projects

- Vim Classic is directly derived from Vim, deliberately stopping before Vim9 Script. It is also discussed in contrast with Neovim, another major Vim-family fork, and with upstream Vim's continuing post-Bram maintenance.

### Sources

- <https://drewdevault.com/blog/Forking-vim/>
- <https://vim-classic.org/>
- <https://vim-classic.org/doc/intro.html>
- <https://vim-classic.org/news/vim-8.3-released.html>


## Notes de sécurité

Aucun manifest local de gestion des secrets correspondant n'a été trouvé pour vim-classic. Les métadonnées de paquet Nucleus restent publiées ici afin que la couverture future dispose d'une URL stable.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.vimrc, ~/.vim/vimrc, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vim/vimrc
- Windows: ~/_vimrc, ~/vimfiles/vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc
## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** vim-classic
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Conflicts With:** ex-vi, macvim, vim
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- apk - gvim-classic - 8.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: gvim-classic from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fork of Vim 8.x text editor for long-term maintenance (GTK GUI) | https://vim-classic.org
- apk - vim-classic - 8.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vim-classic from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fork of Vim 8.x text editor for long-term maintenance | https://vim-classic.org
- apk - vim-classic-common - 8.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vim-classic-common from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fork of Vim 8.x text editor for long-term maintenance (common files) | https://vim-classic.org
- apk - vim-classic-doc - 8.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vim-classic-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fork of Vim 8.x text editor for long-term maintenance (documentation) | https://vim-classic.org
- apk - vim-classic-tutor - 8.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vim-classic-tutor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fork of Vim 8.x text editor for long-term maintenance (interactive tutorial) | https://vim-classic.org
- apk - vim-classic-xxd - 8.3.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vim-classic-xxd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Tool to make and reverse a hex dump | https://vim-classic.org


## Liens liés

- [AI and agent packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [gettext](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/gettext/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [lua](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/lua/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [vim](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/vim/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, vi, vim.
- [ad](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/ad/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, vi.
- [neatvi](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/neatvi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, vi.
- [openvi](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/openvi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, vi.
- [vile](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/vile/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor, vi.
- [amp](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/amp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor.
- [aoeui](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/aoeui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor.
- [edbrowse](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/edbrowse/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity, text-editor.
- [enter-tex](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/enter-tex/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, editor, gettext, productivity, text.
- [gedit](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/gedit/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, editor, gettext, productivity, text.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vim-classic.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/vim-classic.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
