java-debug VS LuaSnip

Compare java-debug vs LuaSnip and see what are their differences.

java-debug

The debug server implementation for Java. It conforms to the debug protocol of Visual Studio Code (DAP, Debugger Adapter Protocol). (by microsoft)

LuaSnip

Snippet Engine for Neovim written in Lua. (by L3MON4D3)
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java-debug LuaSnip
7 80
379 4,042
2.4% 1.0%
5.5 9.3
7 days ago about 1 month ago
Java Lua
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later Apache License 2.0
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java-debug

Posts with mentions or reviews of java-debug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-25.
  • How to compile a second .java file in the same folder?
    1 project | /r/vscode | 9 Apr 2023
  • getting these errors when doing ./mvmw clean install
    1 project | /r/javahelp | 14 Oct 2022
    from this repo , but when i do ./mvn clean install i get these errors
  • Plugins and Settings for Java programming?
    9 projects | /r/vim | 25 Aug 2022
    For debugging, I use Vimspector and the java-debug plugin from microsoft. (I wrote a little blog entry a while ago.)
  • A Big Moment for me
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 29 Jul 2022
    I agree with you, I spend 2 days just trying to figure out how to make nvim-dap remotely connect to a JVM debugger to debug Scala applications, it turned out that I needed to download a server that implements VSCode Debug Protocol, the Microsoft java-debug implementation, compile it myself, and also install the Eclipse JDTLS, add java-debug as a bundle for JDTLS, install the nvim-jdtls plugin, configure a custom adapter for Scala to launch vscode.java.startDebugSession through Eclipse Jdtls to connect to a remote instance launched with Gradle (must be Gradle, I'm using a framework that loads my classes externally, there is no main method at all).
  • Using Neovim to work with Spring Boot
    7 projects | /r/neovim | 19 Jul 2022
    Hi! I use Neovim with springboot mostly when studying or working on personal projects, here's the way I do it: - jdtls for lsp with cmp. - LuaSnip for writing boilerplate faster. - Dap and dap-ui with java-debug - I use maven for the most part and run everything through the command line. - trouble.nvim for better diagnostics navigation.
  • How can I install/build java-debug and vscode-java-debug
    6 projects | /r/Nix | 19 May 2022
    Now I wish to install nvim-dap to debug java applications. I already have nvim-jdtls installed, which nvim-dap needs. But for full debuggin capabilities I need to have java-debug and vscode-java-debug insalled as stadet in nvim-jdtls#debugger-via-nvim-dap.
  • Help setting up debugger for java
    6 projects | /r/neovim | 16 Feb 2022
    Now, I am trying to do the same for Java, but I just can't make it work. I installed nvim-jdtls both through Packer and nvim-lsp-installer and followed their documentation here. I installed java-debug as they said and added the required jar file to the bundles in their configuration. I am also calling the jdtls.setup_dap and jdtls.start_or_attach functions inside the on_attach and lsp_installer.on_server_ready functions, respectively. Still, the debugger won't start.

LuaSnip

Posts with mentions or reviews of LuaSnip. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-05-05.
  • Nix Flake Templates
    9 projects | dev.to | 5 May 2025
    On the other hand, I also tried simpler solutions such as gists or snippets (1, 2) which I can use as starting points for my projects despite being not convenient for re-use and pretty much unmaintainable due to lack of clear structure.
  • Setting Up Neovim for Automad Theme Development
    4 projects | dev.to | 26 Mar 2025
    As the developer of the Automad flat-file content management system, I wanted to make working with Automad themes in Neovim as smooth as possible. Automad has its own templating syntax, so I created tree-sitter-automad to provide proper syntax highlighting. Since it’s not yet an official parser, you need to manually register it in Neovim. To speed up template writing, you can also add custom snippets using LuaSnip. Here's how to set everything up.
  • Ultimate Neovim Setup Guide: lazy.nvim Plugin Manager
    25 projects | dev.to | 24 Jun 2024
    L3MON4D3/LuaSnip: Snippet Engine for Neovim written in Lua.
  • UltiSnips – Snippet Solution for Vim
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Aug 2023
    If you're using Neovim, check out LuaSnip: https://github.com/L3MON4D3/LuaSnip
  • What is your preferred snippet plug-in?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 14 Aug 2023
    I’ve been using LuaSnip and never put much thought into it. And this was mainly because of because it seemed like the default and had good LSP integration. The one downside is that creating custom snippets is not that ergonomic, but I don’t mind it if it’s the price to pay for speed.
  • HTML and Css snippets
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Jul 2023
    You can use LuaSnip and load snippets from VSCode. The documentation is pretty complete, but here is my config in case you want another reference.
  • Enabling python's snippets.
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Jul 2023
    I am trying to add snippets for python, i have LuaSnip and friendly-snippets installed, but for some reason it does not load the snippets. This is how i load the plugins:
  • [Help] Paste triggers in Select mode
    1 project | /r/neovim | 24 Jun 2023
    There was a similar issue in LuaSnip repo. The culprit was a keymap in the config. Do you happen to have a similar keymap somewhere in your config?
  • My Haskell snippet collection for Neovim - with tree-sitter and LSP
    2 projects | /r/haskell | 27 May 2023
    I have decided to extract my Haskell snippets for LuaSnip into a plugin: haskell-snippets.nvim.
  • How do I use template files via Lua?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 13 May 2023
    Not exactly what you're talking about but you could look into LuaSnip?

What are some alternatives?

When comparing java-debug and LuaSnip you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-jdtls - MIRROR of: https://codeberg.org/mfussenegger/nvim-jdtls

vim-vsnip - Snippet plugin for vim/nvim that supports LSP/VSCode's snippet format.

vscode-java-debug - Java Debugger for Visual Studio Code.

friendly-snippets - Set of preconfigured snippets for different languages.

neovim-luca - Neovim configured to my linking using nix flakes

ultisnips - UltiSnips - The ultimate snippet solution for Vim. Send pull requests to SirVer/ultisnips!

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