spf13-vim

spf13-vim is a pre-packaged set of configurations, plugins, and tools for Vim, the text editor popular with programmers. Vim by itself is powerful but minimal — to make it comfortable for everyday coding most people spend hours collecting plugins and tweaking settings. spf13-vim takes care of that: install it once and you get a Vim already tuned for development on Windows, Linux or macOS.

It manages plugins through a tool called pathogen, which keeps each plugin in its own folder rather than mixing all files together. That makes adding, updating or removing plugins much cleaner than the traditional Vim approach. Most of the bundled plugins are pulled in as git submodules, so a single command updates everything. The included plugins cover the common parts of a development workflow: NERDTree gives you a file-explorer panel down the side, NERDCommenter toggles code comments with a keystroke, SuperTab handles tab-completion as you type, SnipMate expands short triggers into longer code snippets, Surround makes it easy to wrap or change quotes, parentheses and HTML tags, and Fugitive adds git commands inside the editor. The included .vimrc fixes common annoyances like accidental :W or :Q, keeps swap and backup files out of your project directories, and groups its settings into clearly labelled, folded sections. Personal tweaks go in a separate ~/.vimrc.local file so updates do not overwrite them.

You would use spf13-vim if you want a working developer-friendly Vim without spending an afternoon assembling one. It needs Vim 7.0 or newer plus git, and on *nix systems can be installed with a single curl-piped-to-sh command. The full README is longer than what was provided.