nvim-lightbulb VS null-ls.nvim

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

nvim-lightbulb

VSCode 💡 for neovim's built-in LSP. (by kosayoda)

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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nvim-lightbulb null-ls.nvim
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731 3,554
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4.4 0.0
9 months ago 9 months ago
Lua Lua
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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nvim-lightbulb

Posts with mentions or reviews of nvim-lightbulb. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-07.

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 I believe null-ls is the normal way of dealing with this, but since it's been archived, I'd rather not rely on it.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 nvim-lightbulb and null-ls.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

lspsaga.nvim - improve neovim lsp experience [Moved to: https://github.com/nvimdev/lspsaga.nvim]

formatter.nvim

harpoon

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

lspsaga.nvim - improve neovim lsp experience

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

lsp-zero.nvim - A starting point to setup some lsp related features in neovim.

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.

neogen - A better annotation generator. Supports multiple languages and annotation conventions.

efm-langserver - General purpose Language Server