vim-obsession VS possession.nvim

Compare vim-obsession vs possession.nvim and see what are their differences.

vim-obsession

obsession.vim: continuously updated session files (by tpope)

possession.nvim

Flexible session management for Neovim. (by jedrzejboczar)
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vim-obsession possession.nvim
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0.0 6.5
over 1 year ago 11 days ago
Vim Script Lua
- MIT License
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vim-obsession

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-obsession. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-21.

possession.nvim

Posts with mentions or reviews of possession.nvim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-10.
  • Do you guys also feel a higher cognitive complexity to grasp basic lua plugin usage ?
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 10 May 2023
    Anyway I might add that in possession.nvim I took the approach of adding commands as I also feel that in many cases commands are more discoverable. On the other hand I don't like default keybindings as they often collide with my existing ones, I prefer setting them myself. Taking your example with nvim-possession: your config would look almost the same with commands (e.g. vim.keymap.set('n', 'sl', 'PossessionList')) so there is actually not much added verbosity.
  • is there is a session manager plugin ?
    18 projects | /r/neovim | 17 Mar 2023
    possession.nvim
  • nvim-linefly - Just what the world needs, yet another Lua statusline plugin (I'm sorry)
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 19 Jan 2023
    These are the main characteristics of linefly: * Small size (564 lines of Lua) * Very fast startup (almost as fast as the stock Neovim statusline) * Simple tab support (workspace tabs only, not buffer tabs) * Winbar support (works well in combination with global statusline) * Git branch detection * Git status via Gitsigns * Diagnostic status * vim-obsession and possession.nvim session support * Minimal jank as mode changes or write-status or line number changes; I don't like it when the filename moves one or two characters left or right when there are state changes. Not here. * Direct colorscheme support for these themes: moonfly, nightfly (both my own themes) along with: catppuccin, dracula, edge, embark, everforest, gruvbox,gruvbox-material, kanagawa, nightfox, sonokai and tokyonight. All other themes will use best-guess-fallback colors derived from the theme in effect.
  • nvim-possession: a simple and minimal session manager
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 12 Jan 2023
    Nice plugin! There is already a session manager called possession.nvim though.
  • Is it possible to store the current colorscheme into a session?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 5 Jan 2023
    I use a session manager known as possession. Possession lets me saves the session data in a json file and allows me to save custom data as well. It also provides hooks to add the custom data. A snippet like this will let me save the colorscheme for every session.
  • Which, in your opinion, is the best session management plugin?
    11 projects | /r/neovim | 9 Jul 2022
    A bit less known than some of the others mentioned here, but I quite like possession.nvim. Pretty simple to use with nice and easy hooks using lua functions (before/after save and before/after load).
  • possession.nvim: flexible & extensible session management
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Apr 2022
    possession.nvim is yet another session management plugin. Main goal was to have more extensibility with a more Lua-friendly API. This could previously be done by storing Vim variables in the session file, but this would be tedious. possession.nvim achieves this by storing session data in JSON and providing user hooks that can store arbitrary data in the file and later use it when loading session.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-obsession and possession.nvim you can also consider the following projects:

vim-awesome - Awesome Vim plugins from across the universe

projectlaunch.nvim - Neovim plugin for launching commands in your projects

vim-maximizer - Maximizes and restores the current window in Vim.

nvim-luadev - REPL/debug console for nvim lua plugins

BBEdit-stuff - The scripts and text filters I use with BBEdit, my favourite editor

memento.nvim - A NeoVim plugin which remembers where you've been

vim-snippets - vim-snipmate default snippets (Previously snipmate-snippets)

vim-prosession - Handle vim sessions like a pro

vim-startify - :link: The fancy start screen for Vim.

vim-session - Extended session management for Vim (:mksession on steroids)

ultisnips - UltiSnips - The ultimate snippet solution for Vim. Send pull requests to SirVer/ultisnips!

persisted.nvim - 💾 Simple session management for Neovim with git branching, autoloading and Telescope support