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Top 23 Lua Neovim Projects
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NvChad
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
Project mention: 🚀 How to Integrate Commitizen (`cz`) into Your NvChad Setup for Better Git Commits | dev.to | 2025-04-10If you're using NvChad, a modern and minimal Neovim configuration, integrating cz into your workflow can drastically improve your Git hygiene without ever leaving the comfort of your editor.
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Project mention: Telescope – an open-source web-based log viewer for logs stored in ClickHouse | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-26
Looks simple and clean! Big ups for starts of good screenshots, docs, and quickstart (Docker) instructions.
Regarding the name, "Telescope" is also the name of a Neovim fuzzy finder[0] that dominates the ecosystem there. Other results appear by searching "telescope github".
[0]: https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim
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I use Neovim daily; it is highly customizable and can be configured to meet my needs. The configuration samples shown use Lazy.nvim.
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AstroNvim
AstroNvim is an aesthetic and feature-rich neovim config that is extensible and easy to use with a great set of plugins
You can definitely put all of your configuration into a single file for AstroNvim if you want.
In the docs it shows the minimal configuration to get AstroNvim running which is <10 lines in your ~/.config/init.lua file and then anything else you can just drop in that same file if you want. (https://github.com/AstroNvim/AstroNvim?tab=readme-ov-file#mi...)
Here is a user on GitHub that has a single file AstroNvim configuration: https://github.com/20k-ultra/dotfiles/blob/master/nvim/init....
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Neovim (via nvim-lspconfig + mason)
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mason.nvim
Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters.
Mason
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packer.nvim
A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config
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mini.nvim
Library of 40+ independent Lua modules improving overall Neovim (version 0.8 and higher) experience with minimal effort
Mini.nvim
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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.
For example, let's set a color scheme, I like TokyoNight, you can set any you like:
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nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim: A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua.
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Project mention: Show HN: Daily-notes.nvim – fuzzy time journal and planning plugin | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-08
The PKM space for neovim plugins is a surprisingly deep rabbithole but it can take quite a while to find what you need.
For completions and tagging https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide works well for me and does pretty much everything I need.
There are also a glut of all-in-one solutions like https://github.com/nvim-neorg/neorg (org-mode for neovim) and https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim.
Graphing is a bit harder because it doesn't intuitively match up with nvim's interface, but I'm pretty sure I saw something on Reddit the other day.
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👉 Catppuccin theme Catppuccin for Neovim.
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I've been rocking dual Pycharm w/ Vim bindings plus a neovim setup and bounce between. The only thing preventing me from going 100% neovim is Pycharm's python debugger.
I have setup neovim-dap[0] with all the related plugins, it works for simple script but it bugs out and crashes when running our Flask web app. I rely heavily on the Pycharm debugger to step through our app.
Have you had a good experience with setting up a debugger in vim/neovim or is that not part of your workflow?
0: https://github.com/mfussenegger/nvim-dap
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which-key.nvim
💥 Create key bindings that stick. WhichKey helps you remember your Neovim keymaps, by showing available keybindings in a popup as you type.
Project mention: My Flow and Productivity has Improved with the Simplicity of Neovim | dev.to | 2024-06-21And the last thing, if you ever get lost, Which-Key is always there to help!
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trouble.nvim
🚦 A pretty diagnostics, references, telescope results, quickfix and location list to help you solve all the trouble your code is causing.
Project mention: My Flow and Productivity has Improved with the Simplicity of Neovim | dev.to | 2024-06-21In a similar spirit to Outline, there is a plugin called Trouble. This was created and maintained by the creator of LazyVim as well. Think of Trouble as having two functions for me.
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I've moved from kickstart to neovim-for-newbs by TypeCraft, and then settling with a config I've based off of Neovim from Scratch by chrisatmachine. I've added the plugins I use, made changes to my liking, and converted it to an IDE for my coding. I even created a colorscheme (which I named neodarker) by modifying an existing one, to match my taste.
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Project mention: Show HN: Daily-notes.nvim – fuzzy time journal and planning plugin | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-08
Obsidian.nvim (https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim) has been working really well for me. I use Obsidian mobile app (it’s not the best in this space, but still very good). And on my laptop, I’ve got neovim - getting to the daily note is one key combo. It’s also super fast and syncs using Obisidan Sync (or you can do your own).
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kanagawa.nvim
NeoVim dark colorscheme inspired by the colors of the famous painting by Katsushika Hokusai.
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Project mention: Neovim file explorer oil.nvim: edit your filesystem like a buffer | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-03
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Neovim projects in Lua? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | NvChad | 26,065 |
| 2 | LazyVim | 20,307 |
| 3 | LunarVim | 18,786 |
| 4 | telescope.nvim | 17,381 |
| 5 | lazy.nvim | 17,235 |
| 6 | AstroNvim | 13,273 |
| 7 | nvim-lspconfig | 11,735 |
| 8 | mason.nvim | 8,698 |
| 9 | packer.nvim | 7,988 |
| 10 | nvim-tree.lua | 7,720 |
| 11 | mini.nvim | 7,088 |
| 12 | tokyonight.nvim | 6,997 |
| 13 | lualine.nvim | 6,932 |
| 14 | neorg | 6,838 |
| 15 | nvim | 6,242 |
| 16 | nvim-dap | 6,232 |
| 17 | which-key.nvim | 6,103 |
| 18 | trouble.nvim | 6,091 |
| 19 | gitsigns.nvim | 5,725 |
| 20 | Neovim-from-scratch | 5,521 |
| 21 | obsidian.nvim | 5,136 |
| 22 | kanagawa.nvim | 5,039 |
| 23 | oil.nvim | 5,028 |
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