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Install vimpager with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Use ViM as PAGER. Version 2.06 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#vimpager.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install vimpager

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install vimpager

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/vimpager/Portfile · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Use ViM as PAGER

Commands and aliases

  • vimcat
  • vimpager

history

Project history and usage

vimpager is a small Unix-style pager wrapper that uses Vim as the interactive pager. Its README and vim.org script page describe it as a pager using less.vim with support for highlighted man pages and other features on Unix-like systems, Cygwin, and MSYS.

Project history

The project is maintained by Rafael Kitover and distributed both through its GitHub repository and the historical vim.org scripts catalog as script 1723. The vimpager script identifies itself as a shell script for using Vim as PAGER and notes that it is based on Bram Moolenaar's less.sh.

Adoption history

vimpager belongs to the long-running pattern of making terminal tools use a preferred editor's navigation model. Its vim.org script listing shows substantial historical script-catalog usage, and its packaging in systems such as Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and pacman reflects its role as a niche but recognizable tool for Vim-oriented shell users.

How it is used

Users set PAGER or aliases such as less to vimpager so command output, manual pages, and logs open inside a read-only Vim-driven pager. vimpager also ships vimcat, which uses Vim as a syntax-highlighting backend for cat-like output while falling back safely when output is not a terminal.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, vimpager is a classic composability package: it turns the shell's generic PAGER convention into a Vim interface, preserving syntax highlighting, search, movement, and familiar Vim customization in places normally handled by less.

Related projects

  • vimpager is related to Vim's less.vim, the historical less.sh script, vimcat, and other Vim-as-pager plugins such as vim-pager.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.vimpagerrc~/.vim/vimpagerrc

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
vimcatexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.
vimpagerexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.06
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:vimpager
Version2.06
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/rkitover/vimpager
Repositoryhttps://github.com/rkitover/vimpager
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

vimpager

nix profile install nixpkgs#vimpager
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vimpager
nixpkgs package indexes · raw.githubusercontent.com · nixpkgs package indexes: vimpager from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
pacman95%

vimpager 2.06-7

A vim-based script to use as a PAGER.

https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723

sudo pacman -S vimpager
  • License: custom:BSD
  • Architecture: any
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vimpager
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: vimpager from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

vimpager

sudo port install vimpager
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Vimpager
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/vimpager/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation