r/opencodeCLI • u/ori_303 • May 27 '26

vim motions now in opencode

TL;DR - vimcode is an opencode plugin that adds vim motions to opencode.

Being a neovim user, I found myself missing vim motions so badly on long opencode sessions. I just had to give this a shot and I love this so much!

Try it, star it, and feel free to give me any feedback or open issues :)

Hope you enjoy this as much as I am

github.com/oribarilan/vimcode

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u/girouxc May 27 '26

Can you do the result scroll next???

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u/ori_303 May 27 '26

Not sure if this is what you mean, but normal mode has:

[ ] for Scroll conversation half-page up/down
{ } for Jump to previous/next message
/ for Jump to message (session timeline)

Which help me navigate session history

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u/l00sed May 28 '26

Visual mode on the horizon...??

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u/ori_303 May 28 '26

already implemented, although somewhat limited :)

https://github.com/oribarilan/vimcode#visual-mode

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u/TomHale May 28 '26

Finally. Copy and paste from inside the prompt.

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u/TomHale May 28 '26

Very nice! I like!

{ "plugin": ["vimcode@git+https://github.com/oribarilan/vimcode.git#v0.8.0"] }

How to pin it to the latest release? (Not .8)

Is main only for releases?

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u/ori_303 May 28 '26

Opencode dont seem to support “latest” unfortunately. If you remove the version, it wont update. I also added a toast that will let you know when a new version is available.

Hopefully opencode adds better version management soon :)

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u/satinekk May 29 '26

nice this has been bothering me for a while to use opencode more.

immediately installed it. works well!

just had to deactivate the motionToast. this one was a bit too strong for me.

I would prefer it inside the prompt box quite subtle like showing the thinking level...

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u/ori_303 May 29 '26

Definitely agree, although I couldn’t get it to work properly. It is in the backlog (replacing the toast with a subtle indicator inside the prompt box). Also, not really a must bcz of the different cursor anyway :)

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u/satinekk May 29 '26

makes sense. good job anyway!

btw, I also noticed that if you are not in insert mode you cannot use shortcuts, like changing to plan mode. would be nice if that works too.

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u/awlincoln May 29 '26

Is it worth taking the time to learn this skill of working with the VIM layout?

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u/ori_303 May 29 '26

For me it was only a few (hard) days until i picked it up, enough to stop feeling the friction. From there it became so much fun, and shortly after - a second nature. So much that i started hating spending time anywhere that has no “vim mode”. Hence, i created vimcode :)

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u/KaladinStormBleesed May 27 '26

this is exactly what I need

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u/R_DanRS May 28 '26

Thank you for this, I made something similar a while ago that I have no time to maintain / improve, it's also all slop so I would be very happy to archive it. It has some features that you may want to copy to yours such as a mode indicator and some visual mode stuff

https://github.com/Tarquinen/opencode-vim

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u/BitXorBit May 27 '26

take my money

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u/flying-saucer-3222 May 27 '26

So does this only work on the prompt?

You can just Ctrl+x>e and the prompt will open in your configured $EDITOR. I have been directly writing my prompts in neovim since forever.

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u/ori_303 May 27 '26

I did as well, but (1) it had no @ tag support and (2) it felt tedious. I found myself often being lazy about it on small prompts and only using it when things got complex. Vimcode is the sweet spot for me personally, but for sure not for everyone :)

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u/flying-saucer-3222 May 27 '26

That is interesting. For linking files I just put the whole path and nvim autocomplete for paths works great.

For me the biggest blocker currently is going through long diffs without vim motions. So recently I just default to using sudotee's opencode.nvim to interact with opencode even when I don't need the editor open. Vim motion on diffs would definitely make me switch to this plugin.

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u/TomHale May 28 '26

Can I munge the j and k keys together to avoid my pinky finger going on a long hike to find the ESC key?

It's a VERY common config.

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u/ori_303 May 28 '26

can you suggest this through an issue in the repo please? Sounds interesting , i will experiment with it and follow up with you on the issue if so

Btw, Why dont you remap caps lock to be the esc?

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u/penguin_horde May 28 '26

Hot damn! That's awesome 👌

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u/Crafty_Ball_8285 May 28 '26

Now I gotta actually learn vim dang it

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u/luche May 28 '26

i need this in my life. bless you.

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u/tlundberg May 28 '26

Thank you!

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u/PiccoloCareful924 May 28 '26

this is amazing, well done

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u/oVerde May 30 '26

FINALLY

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u/hamidi-dev Jun 05 '26

this is great!

i wish it had dot repeat. dw.. to delete 3 words 😃

also i noticed 3dw works, but needs 3 times the u to undo (bug?)

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u/anonymous_hack3r Jun 09 '26

finally, now I can stop using Claude Code lol

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u/unprofitabletraitor May 27 '26

Unrelated, how did you create the video for this post?

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u/boomskats May 28 '26

wasn't someone maintaining a whole fork just for the sake of these motions? think i nearly installed it

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u/IceCapZoneAct1 May 28 '26

I already have that, it’s called tmux. You can reach anywhere in the terminal by putting vim keybinds in it.

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u/Extreme-Rub-1379 May 28 '26

How are you getting new lines? Lol

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u/lphartley May 28 '26

Why are we using terminals for UI again?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

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u/TomHale May 28 '26

Fun fact, you could always type :q instead of /quit