packer.nvim VS drop.nvim

Compare packer.nvim vs drop.nvim and see what are their differences.

packer.nvim

A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config (by EdenEast)

drop.nvim

🍁 Fun little plugin that can be used as a screensaver and on your dashboard (by folke)
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packer.nvim drop.nvim
2 4
0 189
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10.0 3.5
over 1 year ago 3 months ago
Lua Lua
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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packer.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of packer.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-20.
  • lazy.nvim: a new plugin manager for Neovim
    17 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Dec 2022
    I've been using this fork https://github.com/EdenEast/packer.nvim/tree/feat/lockfile for a few weeks now, and it works like a charm. The pull request has unfortunately not been merged yet: https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim/pull/1010
  • Call for help testing `lockfile` PR for Packer
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Nov 2022
    local function install_packer() print("-- Installing Packer...") local packer_path = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim" vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "-b", "feat/lockfile", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/EdenEast/packer.nvim", packer_path }) vim.cmd "packadd packer.nvim" end

drop.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of drop.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-21.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing packer.nvim and drop.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

tokyonight.nvim - 🏙 A clean, dark Neovim theme written in Lua, with support for lsp, treesitter and lots of plugins. Includes additional themes for Kitty, Alacritty, iTerm and Fish.

zone.nvim - Screensaver plugin for neovim.

lazy.nvim - 💤 A modern plugin manager for Neovim

bufferline.nvim - A snazzy bufferline for Neovim

dashboard-nvim - vim dashboard

nvim-lastplace - A Lua rewrite of vim-lastplace

neogit - An interactive and powerful Git interface for Neovim, inspired by Magit

null-ls.nvim - Use Neovim as a language server to inject LSP diagnostics, code actions, and more via Lua.

cellular-automaton.nvim - A useless plugin that might help you cope with stubbornly broken tests or overall lack of sense in life. It lets you execute aesthetically pleasing, cellular automaton animations based on the content of neovim buffer.

other.nvim - Open alternative files for the current buffer

harpoon

diffview.nvim - Single tabpage interface for easily cycling through diffs for all modified files for any git rev.