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ale
Vim Script2017–2025
dense-analysis / ale

ale

Check syntax in Vim/Neovim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support

34Distinct people
41Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
14KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

Check syntax in Vim/Neovim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

Close but not close enough. For example: in VSCode you can select/hover over any expression and it’ll tell you the computed TypeScript type. None of the current language server…

dmitryminkovsky used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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Also in these discussions

Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 4:01:40 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year41 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-01-02 16:20:59 UTC to 2025-07-22 04:34:22 UTC.

02468102017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 1 submissions, 8 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 1 submissions, 7 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC707
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC918
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC817
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Here are some I find invaluable: * FZF. Perhaps the best fuzzy finder for Vim https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/ * ALE. Asynchronous Linting Engine, totally awesome. https://github.com/w0rp/ale * Polyglot. A "best of" language pack. https://github.com/sheerun/vim-polyglot * Plug. IMHO the best plugin manager going https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug. * Fugitive. The best git wrapper there is https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive * vim-test. A plugin that helps you run tests from inside of Vim. https://github.com/janko-m/vim-test Outside of that, switch to NeoVim if you haven't already (https://neovim.io/). Or give Oni a chance, it looks really promising (https://www.onivim.io/).
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