---
title: "About"
description: "The goals, credits and contact information about SpaceVim."
---

# About

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- [History](#history)
- [Goals](#goals)
- [Credits & Thanks](#credits--thanks)

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## History

This project started in December 2016, and currently maintained by [Eric Wong](https://wsdjeg.net).

```diff
commit 0c95bd8987c124837afef9a271e1b3c4c19a449b
Author: Wang Shidong <wsdjeg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 25 22:40:55 2016 -0600

    Initial commit
```

## Goals

- Mnemonic key bindings navigation
- More IDE-like features in both Vim and Neovim
- Better programming language support
- Cross-platform consistency
- Fast start up and efficient operation

## Credits & Thanks

- [Hack-SpaceVim](https://github.com/Gabirel/Hack-SpaceVim) by [@Gabirel](https://github.com/Gabirel)
- [SpaceVimTutorial](https://everettjf.gitbooks.io/spacevimtutorial/content/) by [@everettjf](https://github.com/everettjf)
- [10-minutes-to-SpaceVim](https://github.com/Jackiexiao/10-minutes-to-SpaceVim) by [@Jackiexiao](https://github.com/Jackiexiao)
- [A First Look At SpaceVim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXPS_NHLj9k) by [@DistroTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVls1GmFKf6WlTraIb_IaJg)
- [Getting Started With SpaceVim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xB501CJDB8) by [FOSS King](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfU_sitghekwveLh6yM_xuA)
- [vimdoc](https://github.com/google/vimdoc) generate doc file for SpaceVim
- Authors of all the plugins used in SpaceVim.