packer.nvim
A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config (by wbthomason)
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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 2023-10-21.
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thethethe.nvim - neovim friendly autocorrect plugin
packer
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Help Enablin Powerline Font for Lightline in Kitty NeoVim
-- Check if Packer.nvim is already installed if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then -- If not installed, clone it from GitHub fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path}) -- Load Packer.nvim vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]] return true end return false end
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Installing neovim on windows 10 does not work (no really, it doesn't)
local ensure_packer = function() local fn = vim.fn local install_path = fn.stdpath('data')..'/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim' if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then fn.system({'git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim', install_path}) vim.cmd [[packadd packer.nvim]] return true end return false end
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Issue with treesitter highlights, disappears after 5 seconds each time
local fn = vim.fn -- Automatically install packer local install_path = fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim" if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then PACKER_BOOTSTRAP = fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path, }) print("Installing packer close and reopen Neovim...") vim.cmd([[packadd packer.nvim]]) end -- Autocommand that reloads neovim whenever you save the plugins.lua file vim.cmd([[ augroup packer_user_config autocmd! autocmd BufWritePost plugins.lua source | PackerSync augroup end ]]) -- Use a protected call so we don't error out on first use local status_ok, packer = pcall(require, "packer") if not status_ok then return end -- Have packer use a popup window packer.init({ display = { open_fn = function() return require("packer.util").float({ border = "rounded" }) end, }, }) -- Install your plugins here return packer.startup(function(use) -- My plugins here use({ "wbthomason/packer.nvim" }) -- Have packer manage itself use({ "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" }) -- Useful lua functions used by lots of plugins use({ "windwp/nvim-autopairs" }) -- Autopairs, integrates with both cmp and treesitter use({ "numToStr/Comment.nvim" }) use({ "JoosepAlviste/nvim-ts-context-commentstring" }) use({ "kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons" }) use({ "akinsho/bufferline.nvim" }) use({ "moll/vim-bbye" }) use({ "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim" }) use({ "akinsho/toggleterm.nvim" }) use({ "ahmedkhalf/project.nvim" }) use({ "lewis6991/impatient.nvim" }) use({ "lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim" }) use({ "goolord/alpha-nvim" }) use("folke/which-key.nvim") -- Colorschemes use({ "folke/tokyonight.nvim" }) use("lunarvim/darkplus.nvim") use("bluz71/vim-moonfly-colors") use("fcpg/vim-fahrenheit") use("rainglow/vim") use("wojciechkepka/vim-github-dark") use("gavinok/spaceway.vim") use({"mcchrish/zenbones.nvim", requires = "rktjmp/lush.nvim"}) use({ "ellisonleao/gruvbox.nvim" }) -- Gruvbox theme -- LSP use({ "neovim/nvim-lspconfig" }) -- enable LSP use({ "williamboman/nvim-lsp-installer" }) -- simple to use language server installer use({ "jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim" }) -- for formatters and linters -- Telescope use({ "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim" }) -- Treesitter use("nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter", {run = ':TSUpdate'}) use("nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-context") use("nvim-treesitter/playground") -- Editor plugins use({ "karb94/neoscroll.nvim" }) -- Git use({ "lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim" }) -- LSP Zero use { 'VonHeikemen/lsp-zero.nvim', requires = { -- LSP Support {'neovim/nvim-lspconfig'}, -- Required {'williamboman/mason.nvim'}, -- Optional {'williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim'}, -- Optional -- Autocompletion {'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp'}, -- Required {'hrsh7th/cmp-buffer'}, {'hrsh7th/cmp-path'}, {'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lua'}, {'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp'}, -- Required {'L3MON4D3/LuaSnip'}, -- Required {'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets'}, } } -- Automatically set up your configuration after cloning packer.nvim -- Put this at the end after all plugins if PACKER_BOOTSTRAP then require("packer").sync() end end)
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Editing init.lua with lua_ls on gives "Undefined global : vim" ?
require('packer').startup(function(use) use 'https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim' use 'https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig' end)
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[Help] Packer.nvim
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim\ ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim
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Pyright Won't Let me Quit Python Files
``` vim.g.maplocalleader = " " vim.g.mapleader = " " local ensure_packer = function() local fn = vim.fn local install_path = fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim" if fn.empty(fn.glob(install_path)) > 0 then fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--depth", "1", "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim", install_path }) vim.cmd([[packadd packer.nvim]]) return true end return false end
- [Neovim] Gestionnaire de packages basé à Lua
paq-nvim
Posts with mentions or reviews of paq-nvim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-04.
- [Neovim] Gestionnaire de packages basé à Lua
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Is Packer still maintained?
If you want a dead simple package mamage that only puts packages in opt and start, you can use paq.nvim
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Introducing LazyVim!
Is there anyone here who can share some feedback on how much lazy.nvim has been better than what you were using previously? If my context helps, I'm using paq-nvim, previously was using packer.
- Neovim - Workflow para Java, C# e JS/TypeScript (Atualização com Neovim 0.8 e LSP)
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Cannot update plugins
This was a problem when I was using paq as my manager, now I have the same problem with packer. It never happened when I wanted to install new plugins, only on updating. With packer I have a workaround: after it fails to sync it allows to re-run all failed jobs, and each times about a half of failed jobs fail again, others update successfully, so I can iteratively sync everything, but that's a terrible waste of time;
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Help with plug
Options: - packloadall command family and maybe git submodules - minpac which is a thin utility around the above - vim-plug - old but still popular for it does the job - packer.nvim is a popular choice for lua configs, never got to using it myself - paq-nvim is another often mentioned lua solution - dozens of other solutions
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which plugin manager are you using?
that sounds like paq, but slow?
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New to Rust. How to setup Nvim as IDE?
On my Neovim setup, I simply have the following plugins. I use paq as a plugin manager:
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Neovim: Plugins to get started
paq.nvim
What are some alternatives?
When comparing packer.nvim and paq-nvim you can also consider the following projects:
vim-plug - :hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager
lazy.nvim - 💤 A modern plugin manager for Neovim
awesome-neovim - Collections of awesome neovim plugins.
nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer
targets.vim - Vim plugin that provides additional text objects
nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP
nvim-compe - Auto completion Lua plugin for nvim
gruvbox.nvim - Lua port of the most famous vim colorscheme
nvim-lua-guide - A guide to using Lua in Neovim
luarocks - LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language.
packer.nvim vs vim-plug
paq-nvim vs vim-plug
packer.nvim vs lazy.nvim
paq-nvim vs awesome-neovim
packer.nvim vs nvim-treesitter
paq-nvim vs targets.vim
packer.nvim vs nvim-lspconfig
paq-nvim vs nvim-compe
packer.nvim vs gruvbox.nvim
paq-nvim vs lazy.nvim
packer.nvim vs nvim-lua-guide
paq-nvim vs luarocks