nvim VS mason.nvim

Compare nvim vs mason.nvim and see what are their differences.

mason.nvim

Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters. (by williamboman)
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nvim mason.nvim
68 107
4,620 6,724
7.1% -
9.0 8.2
5 days ago 4 days ago
Lua Lua
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-12.

mason.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of mason.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-05.
  • Using a venv with Neovim's Python LSP
    2 projects | dev.to | 5 Apr 2024
    I recently started coding with Neovim using kickstart.nvim as the template for my editor configuration. I downloaded the python-lsp-server package using Mason, but I was disappointed to discover that the IntelliSense on my third party dependencies didn't work. The LSP was resolving to my global Python installation, which did not have the packages from my virtual environment (venv) installed.
  • Do I need NeoVIM?
    11 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Dec 2023
    https://github.com/hrsh7th/nvim-cmp This is an autocompletion engine https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter This allows NeoVim to install parsing scripts so NeoVim can do things like code highlighting. https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim Not strictly necessary, but allows you to access a repo of LSP, install them, and configure them for without you actively messing about in config files. https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig Also not strictly necessary, but vastly simplifies LSP setup. https://github.com/williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim This lets the above two plugins talk to each other more easily.
  • Do I need a plugin manager ?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Dec 2023
    I'm using mason.nvim to install my dependencies, I've this snippet at nvim/plugin/mason.lua so after cloning my dotfiles I can just run:
  • Mason can't install gopls (or gofumpt, or goimports)
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 6 Dec 2023
    The suggestion from this thread fixed it for me. I just needed to unset GOOS and GOARCH then restart neovim.
  • Neovim documentation is pretty bad
    1 project | /r/neovim | 18 Jul 2023
    For instance, I'm trying to install rust-analyzer in lazyvim from https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim. The installation instructions are:
  • LazyVim
    32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jul 2023
  • How do you enable semantic highlighting for Python?
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Jul 2023
    I have pyright installed via mason which apparently support "semantic token highlighting" but have been having a hard time getting these colors to show up in a buffer. It seems Neovim has changed how it handles semantic highlighting a few times so there's still some conflicting information online. It's hard to know what's current and what's not. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  • language server not installed or missing from path
    1 project | /r/neovim | 5 Jul 2023
    Use mason to install the language servers you want.
  • 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
  • I don't know if I can use Nvim
    7 projects | /r/neovim | 25 Jun 2023
    How does your Astro config look like? Are you utilizing Mason? https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim

What are some alternatives?

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

rose-pine-theme - All natural pine, faux fur and a bit of soho vibes for the classy minimalist

lazy-lsp.nvim - Neovim plugin to auto install LSP servers

transparent.nvim - Remove all background colors to make nvim transparent

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

nvim-transparent - Remove all background colors to make nvim transparent [Moved to: https://github.com/xiyaowong/transparent.nvim]

null-ls.nvim - Use Neovim as a language server to inject LSP diagnostics, code actions, and more via Lua.

catppuccin - 😸 Soothing pastel theme for the high-spirited!

omnisharp-vim - Vim omnicompletion (intellisense) and more for C#

dressing.nvim - Neovim plugin to improve the default vim.ui interfaces

formatter.nvim

tree-sitter-markdown - Markdown grammar for tree-sitter

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