iVim

A lightweight, standalone Vim configuration built for security engineers and DevOps professionals. Zero plugins, zero dependencies, zero attack surface.

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Why iVim?

When you SSH into a production server, audit a remote system, or work inside a hardened container, you need an editor that just works without pulling packages from the internet.

• No plugins -- nothing to install, update, or trust
• No external dependencies -- pure Vimscript, ships as a directory
• No network calls -- safe for air-gapped and restricted environments
• Graceful degradation -- works on Vim 8.0+ and falls back cleanly on minimal builds (vim-tiny, no clipboard, no mouse)
• Tokyo Night theme -- easy on the eyes during long sessions, with full 256-color fallback

Install

Before running any curl | bash installer, inspect the script: get-ivim.sh. iVim does not ship pinned versions or signed commits — running the one-liner always installs the current master. If you prefer, use the local-install path below after reviewing the repo.

One-line install (from GitHub)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chiro-hiro/ivim/master/get-ivim.sh | bash

Uninstall

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chiro-hiro/ivim/master/get-ivim.sh | bash -s -- --uninstall

Local install (from clone)

git clone https://github.com/chiro-hiro/ivim.git
cd ivim
./install.sh

Both methods back up your existing ~/.vim and ~/.vimrc with timestamps. Uninstall restores the most recent backup.

Key Mappings

Leader key is Space. iVim only adds new bindings -- no default Vim keys are overridden.

Files

Key	Action
Space w	Save
Space q	Quit (confirm unsaved)
Space x	Save and quit
Space e	Toggle file explorer
Space t	Open terminal

Buffers

Key	Action
Space bn	Next buffer
Space bp	Previous buffer
Space bd	Delete buffer
Space bl	List buffers

Splits

Key	Action
Space sv	Vertical split
Space sh	Horizontal split
Ctrl h/j/k/l	Navigate splits
Space =	Equalize splits

Search

Key	Action
Space /	Clear search highlight
Space sf	Search in files (vimgrep)

Quickfix

Key	Action
Space co	Open quickfix
Space cc	Close quickfix
]q	Next quickfix item
[q	Previous quickfix item

Clipboard

Key	Action
Space y	Yank to system clipboard
Space p	Paste from system clipboard

Tabs

Key	Action
Space Tn	New tab
Space Tc	Close tab

Autocomplete (popup menu)

Popup appears automatically in code buffers as you type; these keys take effect only when the popup is visible, otherwise behave normally.

Key	Action
Tab	Next completion item
Shift-Tab	Previous completion item
Enter	Accept selection (no newline inserted)
Esc	Cancel popup and exit insert mode

Other

Key	Action
Space a	Select all

Features

Tokyo Night Colorscheme

Full implementation of the Tokyo Night "night" palette with both true color (termguicolors) and 256-color terminal support. Every highlight group defines dual gui/cterm values.

Custom Statusline

• Mode indicator with per-mode colors (Normal/Insert/Visual/Replace/Command)
• Git branch display (cached, no shell calls during render)
• File path, modified/readonly flags, filetype, encoding, position
• Active/inactive window differentiation
• Clean tabline with filename only

File Explorer

• Tree view sidebar with smooth box-drawing characters
• Files always open in the editor pane (never in terminal or explorer)
• Toggle with Space e

Integrated Terminal

• Opens below at ~1/3 height
• Tokyo Night bash prompt with user@host, directory, and git branch
• Auto-closes on quit -- no "job still running" errors

Autocomplete

IDE-style auto-completion with zero plugins. Typing 2+ identifier characters pops up a keyword-completion menu from the current file and open buffers; language trigger characters (., :, >, <, /, $) invoke Vim's built-in filetype omnifunc. Disabled automatically in prose filetypes (markdown, gitcommit, plain text, help).

Filetype Support

Sensible defaults for 15 languages:

2-space indent	4-space indent
JavaScript	Python (tw=88)
TypeScript	C (cinoptions)
HTML	C++ (cinoptions)
CSS	Rust (tw=100)
JSON	Shell
YAML	Dockerfile
Lua
TOML
Markdown (wrap, linebreak)

Feature Guards

All optional features degrade gracefully on minimal Vim builds:

Feature	Requires	Fallback
True color	+termguicolors	256-color palette
Persistent undo	+persistent_undo	No undo history across sessions
Mouse support	+mouse	Keyboard only
System clipboard	+clipboard	Warning message on Space y/p
Dynamic mode colors	Vim 8.2.2854+	Static highlight

Project Structure

ivim/
├── vimrc                     # Entry point: encoding, leader, colorscheme
├── colors/tokyonight.vim     # Tokyo Night colorscheme (gui + cterm256)
├── plugin/
│   ├── autocomplete.vim      # IDE-style auto-completion engine
│   ├── keymaps.vim           # Key mappings, terminal, file explorer logic
│   ├── settings.vim          # Core editor settings with feature guards
│   ├── startscreen.vim       # Start screen with keymap reference
│   └── statusline.vim        # Statusline, tabline, git branch caching
├── after/ftplugin/           # Per-language overrides (15 filetypes + netrw)
├── terminal.bashrc           # Tokyo Night bash prompt for Vim terminal
├── install.sh                # Local installer (symlink-based)
└── get-ivim.sh               # Online installer (curl | bash)

Vim auto-loads colors/, plugin/, and after/ftplugin/ from its runtime path. No manual sourcing needed.

License

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.