rainbow VS vim-matchup

Compare rainbow vs vim-matchup and see what are their differences.

rainbow

Rainbow Parentheses Improved, shorter code, no level limit, smooth and fast, powerful configuration. (by luochen1990)

vim-matchup

vim match-up: even better % :facepunch: navigate and highlight matching words :facepunch: modern matchit and matchparen. Supports both vim and neovim + tree-sitter. (by andymass)
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rainbow vim-matchup
9 37
1,740 1,601
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0.0 6.7
7 months ago 3 days ago
Vim Script Vim Script
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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rainbow

Posts with mentions or reviews of rainbow. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-21.

vim-matchup

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-matchup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rainbow and vim-matchup you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-ts-rainbow - Rainbow parentheses for neovim using tree-sitter. Use https://sr.ht/~p00f/nvim-ts-rainbow instead

todo-comments.nvim - ✅ Highlight, list and search todo comments in your projects

vim-indent-guides - A Vim plugin for visually displaying indent levels in code

vim-sandwich - Set of operators and textobjects to search/select/edit sandwiched texts.

rainbow_parentheses.vim - :rainbow: Simpler Rainbow Parentheses

lspkind.nvim - vscode-like pictograms for neovim lsp completion items

vim-rooter - Changes Vim working directory to project root.

FastFold - Speed up Vim by updating folds only when called-for.

splitjoin.vim - Switch between single-line and multiline forms of code

nvim-treesitter-pairs

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability