dotfiles VS packer.nvim

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

packer.nvim

A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config (by EdenEast)
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dotfiles packer.nvim
2 2
9 0
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9.6 10.0
6 days ago over 1 year ago
Lua Lua
- MIT License
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dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-20.

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 2022-12-20.
  • lazy.nvim: a new plugin manager for Neovim
    17 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Dec 2022
    I've been using this fork https://github.com/EdenEast/packer.nvim/tree/feat/lockfile for a few weeks now, and it works like a charm. The pull request has unfortunately not been merged yet: https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim/pull/1010
  • Call for help testing `lockfile` PR for Packer
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Nov 2022
    local function install_packer() print("-- Installing Packer...") local packer_path = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim" vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "-b", "feat/lockfile", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/EdenEast/packer.nvim", packer_path }) vim.cmd "packadd packer.nvim" end

What are some alternatives?

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

lazy-require.nvim - Require as little as possible. Do as little work as possible. Spend hours shaving off milliseconds

tokyonight.nvim - 🏙 A clean, dark Neovim theme written in Lua, with support for lsp, treesitter and lots of plugins. Includes additional themes for Kitty, Alacritty, iTerm and Fish.