vim-colors-solarized VS vim-airline

Compare vim-colors-solarized vs vim-airline and see what are their differences.

vim-colors-solarized

precision colorscheme for the vim text editor (by altercation)

vim-airline

lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air (by vim-airline)
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vim-colors-solarized vim-airline
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6,551 17,651
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0.0 5.6
27 days ago 13 days ago
VimL Vim Script
- MIT License
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vim-colors-solarized

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-colors-solarized. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-23.
  • Why is the colorscheme not applied at specific region?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 23 Jun 2023
    (Using the solarized default, no personal mods.)
  • Light mode color scheme recs?
    12 projects | /r/vim | 23 Sep 2022
    Solarized light
  • How do I connect the GitHub token to my Plugin or Nvim?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 23 Mar 2022
    Hello, thank you for your help, yes, it is a public reposotory (https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized) . But could you please explain what you mean by "setting my password for git", sorry for the stupid questions.
  • how to remove grey bar to right of tabs?
    3 projects | /r/vim | 31 Jan 2022
    set nocursorline set nocompatible " be iMproved, required filetype off " required set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim call vundle#begin() Plugin 'VundleVim/Vundle.vim' "letVundle manage Vundle, required Plugin 'terryma/vim-smooth-scroll' "fast scrolling Plugin 'junegunn/seoul256.vim' "Make sure you use single quotes Plugin 'PotatoesMaster/i3-vim-syntax' "i3 syntax highlighting for i3 config Plugin 'junegunn/vim-easy-align' Plugin 'SirVer/ultisnips' | Plugin 'honza/vim-snippets' "vim-snippets depends on ultisnips Plugin 'tpope/vim-fireplace', { 'for': 'clojure' } Plugin 'https://github.com/junegunn/vim-github-dashboard.git' "Using git URL Plugin 'nsf/gocode', { 'tag': 'v.20150303', 'rtp': 'vim' } "Plugin options Plugin 'junegunn/fzf', { 'dir': '~/.fzf', 'do': 'yes \| ./install' } "Plugin outside ~/.vim/plugged with post-update hook Plugin 'itchyny/lightline.vim' "Colored line at bottom of screen Plugin 'terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' Plugin 'file:///home/vip/.vim/bundle/guicolorscheme.vim' Plugin 'https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized.git' call vundle#end() " required, Must add all Plugins before this line filetype plugin indent on " required if v:progname =~? "evim" finish endif if has("vms") set nobackup " do not keep a backup file, use versions instead else set backup " keep a backup file (restore to previous version) if has('persistent_undo') set undofile " keep an undo file (undo changes after closing) endif endif if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running") set hlsearch endif augroup vimrcEx au! autocmd FileType text setlocal textwidth=78 augroup END else set autoindent " always set autoindenting on endif " has("autocmd") if has('syntax') && has('eval') packadd! matchit endif set undodir=$HOME/.vim/undodir set backupdir=$HOME/.vim/backupdir set number set noswapfile let NERDTreeAutoDeleteBuffer = 1 let NERDTreeShowHidden = 1 let NERDTreeQuitOnOpen = 1 let NERDChristmasTree = 1 let NERDTreeAutoCenter = 1 let NERDTreeHighlightCursorline = 1 let NERDTreeMinimalUI = 1 let NERDTreeDirArrows = 1 set laststatus=2 let g:powerline_pycmd="py3" let g:powerline_pycmd="py2" let g:powerline_pycmd="py" let g:python_highlight_all = 1 guibg=#ffffff guifg=#d70000 map "+y map "+p map zz za map x za map ± map ² map ³ map ´ map µ map ¶ map · map ¸ map ¹ map ° map :w map :noh set scrolloff=999 nnoremap 1gt nnoremap 2gt nnoremap 3gt nnoremap 4gt nnoremap 5gt nnoremap 6gt nnoremap 7gt nnoremap 8gt nnoremap 9gt nnoremap 0gt nnoremap :silent! nohls nnoremap i :nohi noremap :call smooth_scroll#up(&scroll, 0, 2) noremap :call smooth_scroll#down(&scroll, 0, 2) noremap :call smooth_scroll#up(&scroll*2, 0, 4) noremap :call smooth_scroll#down(&scroll*2, 0, 4)
  • Change :terminal color
    1 project | /r/vim | 22 Jan 2022
    For reference, I am using GVim in Windows 10 with the solarized colorscheme.
  • Dracula Theme: a dark theme for 227 different apps
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Dec 2021
    Hey there,

    Love the philosophy behind the theme.

    How hard do you think it'd be to automate theme previewing & distribution? What would the challenges be? Why is this problem not solved yet?

    I'm no designer, but in my understanding a theme is a set of colors that's the result of a research on contrasts and aesthetics (I love how pedagogic Ethan is on its Solarized website: https://ethanschoonover.com/solarized )

    By theme distribution, I mean making the theme available for a set of platforms and applications, as it is the case for Dracula, to tackle to problem of context-switching as you neatly describe it. Wouldn't it be theorically possible for a tool to generate themes for all the apps / platforms based on a standard theme description? (Imagine the theme-generator descriptor slowly becoming an actual standard adopted by apps & websites...)

    By theme previewing, I mean generating (svg-based or sth?) previews of what every target app / platform looks like with that theme, to make testing easier for designers. It must be expensive to test so many themes, so previewing would be key for this tool. The accuracy of previews might be somehow tested by the test suite by screenshoting the themes in VMs.

    Congrats on the nice work!

  • I finally got to configure Neovim with modern features. neovim-cmp + LSP + Ale with virtual text enabled
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 23 Nov 2021
  • DCS Solarized Dark Group Buy Live Now!
    1 project | /r/MechanicalKeyboardsUK | 11 Nov 2021
    DCS keycaps designed by Aiwanei, inspired by the Solarized Dark IDE colour scheme. Featuring UK ISO in the base kit, along with a fantastic array of extra kits including a 10u spacebar, relegendables and more!
  • ECE 252 Vim ColorScheme
    1 project | /r/uwaterloo | 15 Oct 2021
    Maybe Solarized, looks similar
  • hEy GUys rATe mY sEtUp
    1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 18 Sep 2021

vim-airline

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-airline. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-24.
  • Auto-completion problems for terraform
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 May 2023
  • Include octal on statusline?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 28 Mar 2023
  • CoC: How to disable these annoying Clangd messages?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 22 Mar 2023
    Looks like you are using Airline for your statusline. Add this to your init.vim: let g:airline#extensions#coc#enabled = v:false
  • How do I make my nvim have this? I like having the mode in colors
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 13 Mar 2023
  • Hello, can someone tell me which editor this is?
    1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 10 Mar 2023
  • How do I make airline transparent?
    1 project | /r/vim | 16 Feb 2023
  • How do you work with buffers?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Feb 2023
    Powerline (and airline, as well as all plugins of that kind) offers, among other things, a GUI that helps you manage buffers and tabs. There are plugins that do just that and nothing else, which are best used alongside powerline/airline/etc, for example bufferline.
  • Transitioning vim-airline theme to Lua
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Jan 2023
    I am working on adding a theme for the vim-airline plugin to the Everblush colorschemes for Vim and Neovim.
  • NeoVim Installation and Configuration on Win10/11
    14 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2022
    :set number :set autoindent :set tabstop=5 :set shiftwidth=4 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=4 :set mouse=a call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/pgsql.vim' " PSQL Pluging needs :SQLSetType pgsql.vim Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " For brackets autocompletion " Auto-completion For Javascript, typescript, html, jsx ...etc Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'} " this is for auto complete, prettier and tslinting let g:coc_global_extensions = ['coc-tslint-plugin', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-css', 'coc-html', 'coc-json', 'coc-prettier'] " list of CoC extensions needed Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' "this will auto close ( [ { " these two plugins will add highlighting and indenting to JSX and TSX files. Plug 'yuezk/vim-js' Plug 'HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim' Plug 'maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty' set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nnoremap :call CocActionAsync('jumpDefinition') nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews :colorscheme jellybeans let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " --- Just Some Notes --- " :PlugClean :PlugInstall :UpdateRemotePlugins " " :CocInstall coc-python " :CocInstall coc-clangd " :CocInstall coc-snippets " :CocCommand snippets.edit... FOR EACH FILE TYPE " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 if !exists('g:airline_symbols') let g:airline_symbols = {} endif " airline symbols let g:airline_left_sep = '' let g:airline_left_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_right_sep = '' let g:airline_right_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_symbols.branch = '' let g:airline_symbols.readonly = '' let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '' inoremap pumvisible() ? coc#_select_confirm() : ""
  • Closing brackets are highlighted in red when in the init.vim file
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Nov 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-colors-solarized and vim-airline you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-solarized-lua - solarized colorscheme in lua for nvim 0.5

lualine.nvim - A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua.

starship - ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

lightline.vim - A light and configurable statusline/tabline plugin for Vim

bat - A cat(1) clone with wings.

powerline - Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile.

lualine.nvim - A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua. [Moved to: https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim]

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

tokyonight.nvim - 🏙 A clean, dark Neovim theme written in Lua, with support for lsp, treesitter and lots of plugins. Includes additional themes for Kitty, Alacritty, iTerm and Fish.

papercolor-theme - :art: Light & Dark Vim color schemes inspired by Google's Material Design

awesome-neovim - Collections of awesome neovim plugins.