vim VS packer.nvim

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

vim

đŸ§›đŸ»â€â™‚ïž Dark theme for Vim (by dracula)

packer.nvim

A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config (by wbthomason)
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vim packer.nvim
17 180
1,292 7,576
0.2% -
5.0 3.4
5 days ago about 2 months ago
Vim Script Lua
MIT License MIT License
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vim

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-16.

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 2023-10-21.
  • thethethe.nvim - neovim friendly autocorrect plugin
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Oct 2023
    packer
  • Help Enablin Powerline Font for Lightline in Kitty NeoVim
    1 project | /r/neovim | 24 Sep 2023
    -- Check if Packer.nvim is already installed if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then -- If not installed, clone it from GitHub fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path}) -- Load Packer.nvim vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]] return true end return false end
  • Installing neovim on windows 10 does not work (no really, it doesn't)
    1 project | /r/neovim | 19 Aug 2023
    local ensure_packer = function() local fn = vim.fn local install_path = fn.stdpath('data')..'/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim' if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path}) vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]] return true end return false end
  • Issue with treesitter highlights, disappears after 5 seconds each time
    1 project | /r/neovim | 31 Jul 2023
    local fn = vim.fn -- Automatically install packer local install_path = fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim" if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then PACKER_BOOTSTRAP = fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path, }) print("Installing packer close and reopen Neovim...") vim.cmd([[packadd packer.nvim]]) end -- Autocommand that reloads neovim whenever you save the plugins.lua file vim.cmd([[ augroup packer_user_config autocmd! autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source | PackerSync augroup end ]]) -- Use a protected call so we don't error out on first use local status_ok, packer = pcall(require, "packer") if not status_ok then return end -- Have packer use a popup window packer.init({ display = { open_fn = function() return require("packer.util").float({ border = "rounded" }) end, }, }) -- Install your plugins here return packer.startup(function(use) -- My plugins here use({ "wbthomason/packer.nvim" }) -- Have packer manage itself use({ "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" }) -- Useful lua functions used by lots of plugins use({ "windwp/nvim-autopairs" }) -- Autopairs, integrates with both cmp and treesitter use({ "numToStr/Comment.nvim" }) use({ "JoosepAlviste/nvim-ts-context-commentstring" }) use({ "kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons" }) use({ "akinsho/bufferline.nvim" }) use({ "moll/vim-bbye" }) use({ "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim" }) use({ "akinsho/toggleterm.nvim" }) use({ "ahmedkhalf/project.nvim" }) use({ "lewis6991/impatient.nvim" }) use({ "lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim" }) use({ "goolord/alpha-nvim" }) use("folke/which-key.nvim") -- Colorschemes use({ "folke/tokyonight.nvim" }) use("lunarvim/darkplus.nvim") use("bluz71/vim-moonfly-colors") use("fcpg/vim-fahrenheit") use("rainglow/vim") use("wojciechkepka/vim-github-dark") use("gavinok/spaceway.vim") use({"mcchrish/zenbones.nvim", requires = "rktjmp/lush.nvim"}) use({ "ellisonleao/gruvbox.nvim" }) -- Gruvbox theme -- LSP use({ "neovim/nvim-lspconfig" }) -- enable LSP use({ "williamboman/nvim-lsp-installer" }) -- simple to use language server installer use({ "jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim" }) -- for formatters and linters -- Telescope use({ "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim" }) -- Treesitter use("nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter", {run = ':TSUpdate'}) use("nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-context") use("nvim-treesitter/playground") -- Editor plugins use({ "karb94/neoscroll.nvim" }) -- Git use({ "lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim" }) -- LSP Zero use { 'VonHeikemen/lsp-zero.nvim', requires = { -- LSP Support {'neovim/nvim-lspconfig'}, -- Required {'williamboman/mason.nvim'}, -- Optional {'williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim'}, -- Optional -- Autocompletion {'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp'}, -- Required {'hrsh7th/cmp-buffer'}, {'hrsh7th/cmp-path'}, {'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lua'}, {'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp'}, -- Required {'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip'}, -- Required {'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets'}, } } -- Automatically set up your configuration after cloning packer.nvim -- Put this at the end after all plugins if PACKER_BOOTSTRAP then require("packer").sync() end end)
  • Editing init.lua with lua_ls on gives "Undefined global : vim" ?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 27 Jun 2023
    require('packer').startup(function(use) use 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim' use 'https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig' end)
  • error message whenever I write a file
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Jun 2023
  • [Help] Packer.nvim
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Jun 2023
    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\ ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim
  • Pyright Won't Let me Quit Python Files
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 17 May 2023
    ``` vim.g.maplocalleader = " " vim.g.mapleader = " " local ensure_packer = function() local fn = vim.fn local install_path = fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim" if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path }) vim.cmd([[packadd packer.nvim]]) return true end return false end
  • [Neovim] Gestionnaire de packages basĂ© Ă  Lua
    2 projects | /r/enfrancais | 4 May 2023
    2 projects | /r/enfrancais | 4 May 2023

What are some alternatives?

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

plenary.nvim - plenary: full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified. All the lua functions I don't want to write twice.

vim-plug - :hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager

vim-context-commentstring - Vim plugin that sets the value of ‘commentstring’ to a different value depending on the region of the file you are in.

lazy.nvim - đŸ’€ A modern plugin manager for Neovim

vim-polyglot - A solid language pack for Vim.

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

zet - Zettelkasten Repo. This is where I dump my knowledge as it happens, all my zettels ("slips" or notes) about almost anything and everything. The idea is rather simple really and very powerful. Be warned, however, just because something is here doesn't mean it is accurate or even that I still believe it.

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

vim-aurora - dark theme for vim

paq-nvim - 🌚 Neovim package manager

gruvbox-contrib - Ports of the gruvbox colorscheme

gruvbox.nvim - Lua port of the most famous vim colorscheme