vim-startify VS vimwiki

Compare vim-startify vs vimwiki and see what are their differences.

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vim-startify vimwiki
37 112
5,225 8,541
- 0.9%
3.9 6.8
3 months ago 11 days ago
Vim Script Vim Script
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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vim-startify

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-startify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-05.
  • Suggest me some startup screen plugins
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 5 May 2023
    I'm currently using alpha.nvim (https://github.com/goolord/alpha-nvim). It tries to be more generic than the others, to the point it can recreate most of the other popular ones. It even has template for for example the dashboard layout. startup-nvim (https://github.com/startup-nvim/startup.nvim) seems to do a similar thing, although I dont' have experience with that one. The only other one I've tried before is the classic vim-startify (https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify), which is a little older I think and locks you into its layout.
  • is there is a session manager plugin ?
    18 projects | /r/neovim | 17 Mar 2023
    Just for posterity since every other session plugin has been posted, vim-startify has autosave and autoload support
  • Do you use vim-startify, or used to? Send me your configs
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 15 Feb 2023
    I am working on a, from scratch, rebuild of the ever classic vim-startify for neovim with a focus on extreme extensibility. I also want it to be as much of a drop in replacement as possible, and don't want to write myself into a corner with some design choices I'm taking
  • Remember open buffers per project?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 20 Sep 2022
    https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify has also means to store sessions with command 'SSave'.
  • What is the coolest, unknown(-ish) plugin that you're using that other people could benefit from?
    33 projects | /r/neovim | 16 Sep 2022
    might be well known but i like https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify easy to use start screen with most recently used lists of files, etc.
  • what vimL plugins are you still using?
    26 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Jul 2022
    Startify
  • What are your must-have vim/nvim extensions?
    53 projects | /r/vim | 9 May 2022
    mhinz/vim-startify - Start page
  • Finally found a good replacement for Startify (mini.starter)
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 1 May 2022
    I was trying to center the startup screen for vim-startify and went down the rabbit hole of looking for a different startup plugin. My main use is that I want to start my already existing startify sessions as everything else I do with Telescope. I found mini.starter and it is working exactly as I want it to so I thought I would share for others that look for something similar. Don't get put off by the many components of the plugin. They are not loaded if you don't need them. Here is my a screenshot and my config for a minimal, centered, startup:
  • One more nvim config with fennel, I am glad I moved (from vimscript)
    12 projects | /r/nvim | 12 Apr 2022
    I do restart vim when it's impossible to evaluate modified stuff in place to see the result immediatelly. Sometimes, when I have lots of buffers opened, need all of them and need to restart, a save a session with Startify :SSave command. On restart I press one key and have everything back.
  • Favourite files plugin
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 22 Jan 2022
    I use Startify, which does a good job with sessions and gives you the ability to create bookmarks and display them on the start screen. My mappings to create a new window or tab always end with invoking Startify, so it is like the new tab screen that web browsers have, showing bookmarks and recent files.

vimwiki

Posts with mentions or reviews of vimwiki. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-26.
  • Neorg – organize your life in Neovim
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Mar 2024
    I appreciate the idea of having an org-mode equivalent in Vim, but man do the docs suck for this project. Lots of broken links, very hard to discover how to actually hit the ground running.

    For anyone interested, there are alternatives that are more Markdown compatible. Vimwiki, as an example, is great.

    https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Mar 2024
    No, Neorg does not use the same markup as Org-mode. They use their own specification that is specifically designed to be different from Org-mode spec.

    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvim-neorg/norg-specs/main...

    Furthermore, each item you have listed as a benefit to Org-mode is in fact capable of being done in Markdown via plugins for neovim, and probably other markdown editors, like Loqseq, Roamresearch, or Obisidian, much in the same way you speak of plugins that interface with .org docs.

    https://github.com/wthollingsworth/pomodoro.nvim

    https://github.com/Myzel394/easytables.nvim

    https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    So, my suggestion is that before dismissing a comment regarding a plugin that is unfamiliar to you, is to read its spec, and then try to understand why people would be perhaps dismissive of that tool, especially when it chooses to conflict with existing, more popular choices.

  • Wrap long lines in markdown tables
    3 projects | /r/vim | 8 Dec 2023
    you might want to look at how vimwiki does markdown tables https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki
  • Note taking in Neovim?
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 2 Sep 2023
    I've been thinking of setting up a note taking enviroment in neovim. I've been searching around, and plugins as vimwiki, and nabla.nvim are great choices for me. I'm using Notion right now because of the great commands that brings that make the note taking pretty enjoyable. But the dividers, or putting background to text are features that I don't wanna lose, if possible.
  • Ask HN: Did anyone write a book in Nano?
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Aug 2023
    I wrote a manuscript in vim a couple Novembers ago, for NaNoWrimo. I used a couple plugins, primarily Goyo [1] to add some margins, but otherwise, yeah, plain vim.

    I don't think it was really any more productive than my current workflow in Obsidian. Vim keybindings are more useful for editing than for writing (and for editing code in particular, where the changes you're making are much more structured). Also, while the extra features afforded by Obsidian don't really make a difference during the writing process, I find they're really useful for outlines and other preliminary work, which is something of a point against a vim-only workflow unless you want to use vimwiki [2] or something.

    Granted, Obsidian is still a markdown-based tool, so there's still some level of minimalism going on there, but by that point we're really discussing markup vs word processors, which is its own conversation—and to my mind, a much more important one. I much prefer working in markup than in a rich text editor, because plain text is easy to edit and process through the terminal, and because it lets me separate style choices from content.

    I find that the markdown live preview that editors like Obsidian and Typora provide (and which vim doesn't) is a really nice compromise between a slick composing experience and the technical affordances of markup. Between that and Obsidian's hypertext features, I think I'll stick with Obsidian for the foreseeable future.

    [1]: https://github.com/junegunn/goyo.vim

    [2]: https://vimwiki.github.io/

  • Notetaking when solving issues and learning stuff
    8 projects | /r/archlinux | 9 Jun 2023
    How about learning vim and using vimwiki ?
  • Reconstructing Obsidian Features in Vim and Bash
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jun 2023
    What, we're talking about wikis and vim, and not mentioning vimwiki?

    https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

    I tried a whole bunch of personal wikis over the years (I see Zim has been mentioned, that's one of the ones I remember trying) and this is the only one that stuck.

  • What are some ways you used Python to make YOUR life easier?
    5 projects | /r/learnpython | 4 May 2023
    I have created full on programs to systematically created screenshots with the game emulators with RetroArch. Also an automation tool to use a preexisting program named chdman that converts files into a needed format (also unpacking from archives). A little Python script to create a recents list of files for Vimwiki. I also created a program to access 🌈 emojis 🌈. I wrote my own GE Proton downloader and manager. Hell even the window manager I am using on Linux is written and configured in Python, Qtile. I wrote one or two plugins for it and the entire configuration is written in Python, meaning I can use functions, modules and every logic of Python to enhance it. It's Awesome.
  • Can anyone recommend a Lightweight TUI journal application with calendar for windows ?
    7 projects | /r/commandline | 30 Apr 2023
    I use https://github.com/pimutils/khal ...maybe it would work with WSL?... for calendar and markdown diary (have a script that pulls calendar items, tasks that are due from taskwarrior, and notes from yesterday's "tomorrow" section into each new day's journal/diary entry) via vimwiki.
  • Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
    149 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Apr 2023
    Seems really cool. I love Vim + Markdown as well.

    If you haven't heard of vimwiki yet, check it out. Right in line with what you're working on.

    https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki

What are some alternatives?

When comparing vim-startify and vimwiki you can also consider the following projects:

vim-orgmode - Text outlining and task management for Vim based on Emacs' Org-Mode

neorg - Modernity meets insane extensibility. The future of organizing your life in Neovim.

wiki.vim - A wiki plugin for Vim

obsidian-releases - Community plugins list, theme list, and releases of Obsidian.

neuron.nvim - Make neovim the best note taking application

zim-desktop-wiki - Main repository of the zim desktop wiki project

vscode-notes - Simple syntax highlighting for notes, inspired by sublime-notes

vim-markdown - Markdown Vim Mode

alpha-nvim - a lua powered greeter like vim-startify / dashboard-nvim

nvim-web-devicons - lua `fork` of vim-web-devicons for neovim

notational-fzf-vim - Notational velocity for vim.

markdown-preview.vim - ⚠️ PLEASE USE https://github.com/iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim INSTEAD