persistence.nvim VS packer.nvim

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

persistence.nvim

💾 Simple session management for Neovim (by folke)

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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persistence.nvim packer.nvim
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501 7,541
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5.8 3.4
27 days ago 23 days ago
Lua Lua
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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persistence.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of persistence.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-15.

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.

What are some alternatives?

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

vim-plug - :hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager

lazy.nvim - 💤 A modern plugin manager for Neovim

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

paq-nvim - 🌚 Neovim package manager

gruvbox.nvim - Lua port of the most famous vim colorscheme

nvim-lua-guide - A guide to using Lua in Neovim

nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua

NvChad - Blazing fast Neovim config providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.

neovim-session-manager - A simple wrapper around :mksession.

mason-lspconfig.nvim - Extension to mason.nvim that makes it easier to use lspconfig with mason.nvim.

LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.