vim-plug VS vim-pathogen

Compare vim-plug vs vim-pathogen and see what are their differences.

vim-plug

:hibiscus: Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager (by junegunn)
Vim

vim-pathogen

pathogen.vim: manage your runtimepath (by tpope)
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vim-plug vim-pathogen
138 10
33,156 12,079
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6.9 0.0
25 days ago over 1 year ago
Vim Script Vim Script
MIT License Vim License
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vim-plug

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-plug. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-21.

vim-pathogen

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-pathogen. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-30.
  • Any Suggestions Apart from vscode for Terraform ?
    1 project | /r/Terraform | 2 Jul 2023
    The person who mentored me the most when I was getting started with Terraform used VIM with pathogen but honestly this isn't a great idea unless you're really invested in a VIM workflow.
  • pathogen-vim for Vim-airline plugin
    1 project | /r/vim | 31 Dec 2022
    I'm no networking expert, but I think something is wrong with the URL being accessed to download the file. To simplify, just go inside the ~/.vim/autoload folder, create a file named pathogen.vim, open the file, paste the contents of this file and save.
  • Vim or Emacs?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 30 Dec 2022
    I am a bit confused. What has this anything to do with your original question? vim-pathogen is for Vim editor itself, not for PyCharm. I don't know much about MacOS, so not sure how to help. Did you try the installation steps at https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen ?
  • Usage of 'after/ftplugin' directory for filetype-specific configuration
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 2 Sep 2022
    Back in the old(ish) days of Vim, usage of tpope/vim-pathogen to manipulate runtimepath was a popular way to install plugins. As it got update 9 days ago, it might be still used by some.
  • Que IDE usam para programar?
    12 projects | /r/devpt | 22 Oct 2021
  • Vim: NERDTree
    4 projects | dev.to | 31 Aug 2021
    To install any plugin using Pathogen plugin manager, you need to configure PAthogen in your vimrc if you have not done it already. You can find the installation docs on Pathogen.vim. After Pathogen has been configured in your vimrc, you can clone the git repository of that plugin into your local machine and then activate it using Pathogen.
  • Setting up Vim for Python
    4 projects | dev.to | 14 Jun 2021
    Pathogen
  • How to setup Vim for Go Development
    10 projects | dev.to | 11 Apr 2021
    git clone https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen ~/.vim/bundle
  • Vim Configuration from Minimal to Complete
    30 projects | dev.to | 11 Mar 2021
    With vim 7.4, there was some tuning to do to manage the runtime path, that's why there are a bunch of plugin managers out there, like the minimalistic, solid vim-pathogen by Tim Pope (again!), vundle, then asynchronous and fast dein, and my favorite Vim-Plug.
  • I am new to Vim and my directory is a mess
    1 project | /r/vim | 15 Jan 2021
    I think that's it... it's a very easy and light-weight setup using pathogen in my opinion. Vim now has its own package management built-in, but I still find pathogen easier. Also, you can skip the $HOME env var if you want... I just like giving Vim and other $HOME respecting programs their own place because c:\Users\ is usually filled with other junk.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-plug and vim-pathogen you can also consider the following projects:

packer.nvim - A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config

vundle - Vundle, the plug-in manager for Vim

astro.nvim - Faster Neovim Configuration

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

limelight.vim - :flashlight: All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

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

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

nerdtree - A tree explorer plugin for vim.

gruvbox - Retro groove color scheme for Vim

Jedi-vim - Using the jedi autocompletion library for VIM.