LazyVim VS dot

Compare LazyVim vs dot and see what are their differences.

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LazyVim dot
83 17
12,879 661
6.4% -
9.8 8.6
5 days ago about 1 month ago
Lua Lua
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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LazyVim

Posts with mentions or reviews of LazyVim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-21.
  • Neovim freezes when I type /
    1 project | /r/neovim | 6 Dec 2023
    Please take a look at this issue. The culprit is the path source of nvim-cmp.
  • File structure with lazy
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Nov 2023
    I’m having trouble understanding the preffered file structure when using lazy. I have a setup that works currently and I used this guide but I believe that this configuration defeats the purpose of lazy-loading. I also tried moving all of the plugin configs to the /nvim/plugins folder but that didn’t work, I think because when using lazy you want lazy to handle the loading not RTP. I’ve taken a look at the lazyvim github but I’m a little bit overwhelmed. I don’t understand how their nvim/init.lua doesn’t point to anything with require. Here is my config. So I think that the mistake I’m making is loading all my plugins in a table that gets passed to lazyvim but then requiring configs from my init.lua, when all of that info should get passed directly to lazy vim via multiple lua tables?
  • Lazyflex.nvim: Makes it easier to test and troubleshoot a neovim configuration.
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Oct 2023
    Has presets for each default plugin module in LazyVim.
  • How does something like LazyVim or LazyNvim write the startup text?
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Oct 2023
    I have been looking at LazyNvim and LazyVim and I would like to do something similar to in particular LazyNvim's startup text. How do configurations like this create this startup text?
  • Weird search behavior
    1 project | /r/neovim | 24 Sep 2023
    See this Lazyvim issue.
  • lazy loading alpha.nvim
    1 project | /r/neovim | 29 Aug 2023
    You can try to mimic how LazyVim loads alpha here https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim/blob/main/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
  • Help me understand this rtp LazyVim trick
    1 project | /r/neovim | 30 Jul 2023
    As usual, I referred to how folke does stuff for inspiration, and I want to better understand what exactly is going with the Treesitter configuration in LazyVim.
  • I love this bastard
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Jul 2023
    LazyVim (This is a distro in the form of a plugin, imo beats astronvimm nvchad, lunarvim for that reason alone. Check out the plugins/extras/lang directory in there. Has setup for a few languages. You can see the list here. Just raise a request for JAVA and someone will have your back))
  • neovim config
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 4 Jul 2023
    Anyways, although i have not used them, LazyVim and LunarVim comes highly recommended. You can try these and see what suits you .
  • Just started using LazyVim and this could be a really dumb question.
    1 project | /r/neovim | 3 Jul 2023
    Am I reading this correctly, in the LazyVim starter, this line reads as it's importing all the plugins from the remote GitHub project, is that correct?

dot

Posts with mentions or reviews of dot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-05.
  • I love this bastard
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Jul 2023
    I add more stuff on top of LazyVim. See my dots here https://github.com/folke/dot/tree/master/nvim
  • Some useful software customizations for my NyPhy Air60 (linux)
    3 projects | /r/NuPhy | 28 Jun 2023
    There's some customizations I did with keyd that could be useful for others. See here
  • tsserver launching multiple times
    1 project | /r/neovim | 17 Jun 2023
    I found myself with the same problem and found a solution in LazyVim's maintainer's dotfiles. You have to configure `tsserver` like this, so it doesn't spawn multiple instances. Take a look [here](https://github.com/folke/dot/commit/aef729a076970e770ed84d817419551e82951d2c) to include it in your own configuration.
  • mini.hipatterns - highlight patterns in text
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 25 May 2023
    For anyone interested, I've added preliminary tailwindcss support in my dots here
  • [Neovim] Yalc: encore une autre configuration paresseuse.nvim
    4 projects | /r/enfrancais | 17 Apr 2023
  • Can anyone recommend a good github dotfiles repos for neovim that uses LazyVim as it's plugin manager?
    27 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Apr 2023
    Take a peek a the dotfiles of the dev who made lazy.nvim folke's dotfiles
  • Setting up copilot-cmp with Lazynvim
    1 project | /r/neovim | 2 Mar 2023
    You can see here how I added copilot to my own config (with LazyVim)
  • possibility of dedicated sign-type columns in signcolumn?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Jan 2023
    -- @ref https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/master/config/nvim/lua/util/status.lua (modified) local M = {} _G.Status = M ---@return {name:string, text:string, texthl:string}[] function M.get_signs() local buf = vim.api.nvim_win_get_buf(vim.g.statusline_winid) return vim.tbl_map(function(sign) return vim.fn.sign_getdefined(sign.name)[1] end, vim.fn.sign_getplaced(buf, { group = "*", lnum = vim.v.lnum })[1].signs) end function M.column() local diagnostic_sign, git_sign for _, s in ipairs(M.get_signs()) do if s.name:find("GitSign") then git_sign = s elseif s.name:find("Diagnostic") then diagnostic_sign = s end end local nu = " " local number = vim.api.nvim_win_get_option(vim.g.statusline_winid, "number") if number and vim.wo.relativenumber and vim.v.virtnum == 0 then nu = vim.v.relnum == 0 and vim.v.lnum or vim.v.relnum end local git_column = git_sign and ("%#" .. git_sign.texthl .. "#" .. git_sign.text .. "%*") or " " -- two spaces necessary to avoid jumping local diagnostic_column = diagnostic_sign and ("%#" .. diagnostic_sign.texthl .. "#" .. diagnostic_sign.text .. "%*") or " " -- right-aligned number column (thanks to the %=) -- %= @ref :h statusline "Separation point between alignment sections. Each section will be separated by an equal number of spaces" local number_column = "%=" .. nu local fold_column = "%C" local columns = { git_column, diagnostic_column, number_column, " ", fold_column, " ", } return table.concat(columns, "") end if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.9.0") == 1 then vim.opt.statuscolumn = [[%!v:lua.Status.column()]] end return M
  • YALC: yet another lazy.nvim config!
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 16 Jan 2023
    I spent two weekends searching online repos about how to migrate from packer.nvim to lazy.nvim, and finally, I'm done! Big thanks to folke/lazy.nvim, folke/dot, and LazyVim!
  • Tradeoffs of using home manager for neovim plugins
    2 projects | /r/NixOS | 10 Jan 2023
    I’m very happy with the new plugin manager lazy.nvim: 1. Powerful control over lazy loading plugins. Example: lazy load when command is run, or on certain events in neovim 2. I like how I’m able to layout the config. Each plugin I have has their own lua file for config (example from someone else dotfiles)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing LazyVim and dot you can also consider the following projects:

NvChad - Blazing fast Neovim config providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.

stackline - Visualize yabai window stacks on macOS. Works with yabai & hammerspoon.

LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

dotfiles - ~ 🍭 ~

AstroNvim - AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins

config_manager - My configuration files and tools

kickstart.nvim - A launch point for your personal nvim configuration

dotfiles - vim, zsh, git, homebrew, neovim - my whole world

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

dotfiles - Sensible Defaults of My Computer

nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

skeleton.nvim - My personal neovim config.