LazyVim VS null-ls.nvim

Compare LazyVim vs null-ls.nvim and see what are their differences.

null-ls.nvim

Use Neovim as a language server to inject LSP diagnostics, code actions, and more via Lua. (by jose-elias-alvarez)
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LazyVim null-ls.nvim
83 164
12,879 3,554
6.4% -
9.8 0.0
5 days ago 9 months ago
Lua Lua
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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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?

null-ls.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of null-ls.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
  • cpp setting problem
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Dec 2023
  • Being a bash developer in the 21st century
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Sep 2023
    you can use nvim then, it has shellcheck for diagnostics and formatting, like in vscode :)

    here the link to the config: https://github.com/jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim/blob/main...

  • Linting/formatting and LSP
    1 project | /r/neovim | 8 Sep 2023
    I use a lot of different languages generally and I'm running into issues around formatting. Is there any standard way to use LSP formatting by default and otherwise fallback to specific linter/formatting programs? I believe null-ls is the normal way of dealing with this, but since it's been archived, I'd rather not rely on it.
  • How to setup efm-langserver for pint formatter?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 13 Jul 2023
    I've been using pint for formatting php files with null-ls.nvim. Few days ago null-ls.nvim has announced that the plugin will be archived in few months so I started migrating all my formatters and linter from null-ls to efm-langserver. I got other things such as prettier, black, isort, mypy, etc. working but can't get pint to work with php files: If I run pint via efm-langserver, everything is deleted from the buffer, and the saved file is formatted separately. How do I setup efm-langserver correctly to work with pint? Below is my config.yml for pint currently. yaml tools: pint: &pint format-command: "pint --no-interaction --quiet ${INPUT}" format-stdin: false languages: php: - <<: *pint Thank you.
  • Archiving Null-Ls
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jul 2023
  • null-ls will be archived
    1 project | /r/ThePrimeagenReact | 10 Jul 2023
    14 projects | /r/neovim | 9 Jul 2023
  • Why is nobody using CoC anymore?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Jul 2023
    Because null-ls.nvim & mason.nvim together do everything I wanted CoC for
  • Your favourite Neovim plugins?
    42 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Jun 2023
  • How can I get yapf, black, and other formatters working with pylsp?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 19 Jun 2023
    There is a good answer. I think you know lua and neovim config enough to pick things that you need. If you need a short answer, null-ls is the way.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing LazyVim and null-ls.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

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

formatter.nvim

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

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

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

neoformat - :sparkles: A (Neo)vim plugin for formatting code.

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

StyLua - An opinionated Lua code formatter

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

nvim-lint - An asynchronous linter plugin for Neovim complementary to the built-in Language Server Protocol support.

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

efm-langserver - General purpose Language Server