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This is a project for building a 64bit Gvim AppImage from the latest Vim snapshots.AppImage is a form of cross-distribution packaging format that can be runeverywhere by simply downloading the image and starting it. For moreinformation about the package format see here:AppImage.

The image is based on Ubuntu20.04 LTS focal 22.04 LTS jammy (since commit1bfa21b because Github retired the Ubuntu20.04 images in April 2025)

The Appimage most likely won't work on older distributions. If you require aVim appimage, that runs on older distributions, you can download the lastUbuntu 18.04 bionic based installationv9.0.1413 and the lastUbuntu 20.04 focal based installationv9.1.1301

Download and execute the most recentGVim-*.AppImage file to run GVim.

If you want a terminal Vim, just create a symbolic link with a name starting with "vim". Like:

ln -s GVim-*.AppImage vim.appimage

Then startvim.appimage to get a terminal Vim.

The vim / gvim AppImage's are built with Vim interfaces for Perl, Python3, Rubyand Lua. See the release notes for usage and details.

See:https://github.com/vim/vim

The Vim license applies (see:hlicense) to all the buildscripts in this repository. Note, that Vim is included as a submodule and comeswith its own license (although is also released under the Vim license).