--- title: "About" description: "SpaceVim is a community-driven vim distribution with layer feature, all contributors make SpaceVim what it is." --- # About [SpaceVim](https://github.com/SpaceVim/SpaceVim) is a community-driven vim distribution with layer feature. SpaceVim manages collections of plugins in layers. Layers make it easy for you, the user, to enable a new language or feature by grouping all the related plugins together. It got inspired by spacemacs. ### Goals - more IDE-like features in vim and neovim - better default different languages ### Principles - Do not regress from origin - Decide outcomes by weighing cost and benefit - prefer usability over tradition if the benefits are overwhelming - Give usability a chance ### Credits & Thanks This project exists thanks to all the people who have contributed to SpaceVim: - [@Gabirel](https://github.com/Gabirel) and his [Hack-SpaceVim](https://github.com/Gabirel/Hack-SpaceVim) - [@everettjf](https://github.com/everettjf) and his [SpaceVimTutorial](https://everettjf.gitbooks.io/spacevimtutorial/content/) - [vimdoc](https://github.com/google/vimdoc) generate doc file for SpaceVim - [Rafael Bodill](https://github.com/rafi) and his vim-config - [Bailey Ling](https://github.com/bling) and his dotvim - authors of all the plugins used in SpaceVim.