stack-graphs VS kickstart.nvim

Compare stack-graphs vs kickstart.nvim and see what are their differences.

stack-graphs

Rust implementation of stack graphs (by github)

kickstart.nvim

A launch point for your personal nvim configuration (by nvim-lua)
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stack-graphs kickstart.nvim
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686 14,592
7.4% 22.2%
9.7 9.0
11 days ago 5 days ago
Rust Lua
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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stack-graphs

Posts with mentions or reviews of stack-graphs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-10.
  • Code Search Is Hard
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Apr 2024
    https://github.com/pyjarrett/septum

    The hardest part about getting code search right imo is grabbing the right amount of surrounding context, which septum is aimed at solving on a per-file basis.

    Another one I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned is stack-graphs (https://github.com/github/stack-graphs), which tries to incrementally resolve symbolic relationships across the whole codebase. It powers github's cross-file precise indexing and conceptually makes a lot of sense, though I've struggled to get the open source version to work

  • Even the Pylint codebase uses Ruff
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Mar 2023
    [2]: https://github.com/github/stack-graphs
  • The technology behind GitHub’s new code search
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Feb 2023
    > It doesn't have the faintest idea where the name is defined, or if there's even a difference between a function name, a parameter name, or a word in a comment.

    I don't think what you are saying is actually true for stack-graphs[0][1].

    [0]: https://github.com/github/stack-graphs

    [1]: https://github.blog/2021-12-09-introducing-stack-graphs/

  • Should I be worried or not worried about Tree-sitter now that the Atom editor has been killed?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 13 Jun 2022
    I think GitHub still has some use for tree-sitter. In this post it's mentioned that their new code navigation system is based on tree-sitter. In a more recent post they welcome contributers to add special code navigation queries to existing languages. You can find their public repository here if you want to follow along with any developments. Since their code navigation system relies heavily on tree-sitter I don't think it's going anywhere soon (fingers crossed).
  • What happened with GitHub's semantic project?
    3 projects | /r/haskell | 29 Jan 2022
    Which they implement in Rust. https://github.com/github/stack-graphs
  • Stack Graphs
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Dec 2021
    As mentioned elsewhere on this thread, stack graphs and Semantic were built by the same team (which I manage). Semantic is not abandoned, we've just been focusing on a different layer of our tech stack for the past year or so. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29501389

    That PR on the Semantic repo was our first attempt at implementing these ideas. We decided to reimplement it in a separate library (also open source, https://github.com/github/stack-graphs), which only builds on tree-sitter directly so that there's an easier story for us and language communities to add support for new languages. It's a fair point that we could have closed the Semantic PR to indicate that more clearly.

kickstart.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of kickstart.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.
  • I Learned Neovim In A Weekend
    1 project | dev.to | 11 Mar 2024
    First thing I did was get kickstart.nvim. I had heard it was extremely useful (and it was). It was very easy to install. I start reading through init.lua, and it told me to run :Tutor, which is almost 1,000 lines of learning how to use Neovim, to which I obviously ran that command and started reading. Obviously, it takes a bit of time to complete :Tutor, but it's well worth it. "hjkl" wasn't too hard to get used to, also repeating motions by using numbers was useful, such as using '5dd' to delete 5 lines. I highly suggest reading this file, especially since I didn't really know about the different modes, which is probably why I failed to switch the other times. You would start writing your code, then Neovim would say that it can't find that command, you would accidently type an i and then start typing, and so on, it was a nightmare. For those that don't know the modes, here is each mode and how to get between them.
  • Kickstart.nvim: Single file launch point for a personal nvim config
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Mar 2024
  • Neovide – a simple, no-nonsense, cross-platform GUI for Neovim
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Jan 2024
    I also suggest against using distributions. Instead of learning how to configure nvim itself you're learning to configure that specific distro.

    I suggest to take someone's lua config and start from there. Kickstart.nvim is a good one: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

  • It’s been an hour and I have made no progress
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 9 Dec 2023
  • Do I need NeoVIM?
    11 projects | /r/neovim | 7 Dec 2023
    1) the option I wouldn’t chose, use Kickstarter. It’s a minimal starter config, using a single init.lua that helps you build a config slowly. https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim
  • ready to use neovim for web development (frontend) - beginners
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 5 Dec 2023
    I highly recommend Lazyvim for if you want to have a VSCode (ish) like experience that still exposes you to configuring in Lua. Or Kickstart.nvim if you want a more "from scratch" experience
  • Search commands slow in neovim but fast in vim
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 2 Dec 2023
    In case it is helpful, I am using kickstart.nvim with only minor modifications.
  • Kickstart.emacs Starter kit for Gnu Emacs
    2 projects | /r/emacs | 13 Nov 2023
    One of the project goals is to become something like kickstart.nvim. Or, to be a reference if someone doesn't know how to do something.
  • I want to remove this "./" path on the nvim explorer
    1 project | /r/neovim | 12 Nov 2023
    Hey guys! I don't use the "./" path at all since I see it useless, I would love to remove it to be kind with my own soul, I'd love some help with this. My nvim setup is kickstart.nvim with Lua of course.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing stack-graphs and kickstart.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

semantic-source - Parsing, analyzing, and comparing source code across many languages

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

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

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

scip-zig - SCIP indexer for Zig!

LazyVim - Neovim config for the lazy

pagefind - Static low-bandwidth search at scale

lazy.nvim - 💤 A modern plugin manager for Neovim

nvim-ts-context-commentstring - Neovim treesitter plugin for setting the commentstring based on the cursor location in a file.

KotlinLanguageServer - Kotlin code completion, diagnostics and more for any editor/IDE using the Language Server Protocol

lsif-clang - Language Server Indexing Format (LSIF) generator for C, C++ and Objective C

Neovim-from-scratch - 📚 A Neovim config designed from scratch to be understandable