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Top 23 Lua neovim-lua Projects
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NvChad
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
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InfluxDB
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The switch was hard at first, especially file management. I was so used to the file tree on the left of my editor. I tried to replicate that in Neovim with nvim-tree but it didn’t feel the same. Until I came across oil.nvim, this was a game changer for me as it made creating, renaming and moving so much easier. That was the moment that I felt I could switch. I had tried a few of the popular Neovim distros such as Lunarvim but found them too overwhelming. I personally prefer a basic setup with not too many bells and whistles (I know, I used JetBrains before but only used 10% of that editor’s capacity and had a minimal interface configured).
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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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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.
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👉 Catppuccin theme Catppuccin for Neovim.
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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.
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Stream
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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.
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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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diffview.nvim
Single tabpage interface for easily cycling through diffs for all modified files for any git rev.
My role involves frequent code reviews, branch comparisons, and commit diffs, and I absolutely love RubyMine’s diff tool (which is great across JetBrains products). For a potential vim alternative, I’ve come across diffview.nvim I haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising! At home, I use LazyGit, which is great but occasionally leaves me wishing for more robust features.
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Comment.nvim
:brain: :muscle: // Smart and powerful comment plugin for neovim. Supports treesitter, dot repeat, left-right/up-down motions, hooks, and more
Comments (To add comments) Docs: https://github.com/numToStr/Comment.nvim Config:
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Project mention: Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-12-23
Not really, as I have API keys and other stuff in it unprotected. However, I used this as a base (https://github.com/ayamir/nvimdots) and heavily modified it. There is a user directory (lookup the user_template) where you can config everything out of the base.
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CosmicNvim
CosmicNvim is a lightweight and opinionated Neovim config for web development, specifically designed to provide a 💫 COSMIC programming experience!
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material.nvim
:trident: Material colorscheme for NeoVim written in Lua with built-in support for native LSP, TreeSitter and many more plugins
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source neovim-lua projects in Lua? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NvChad | 26,763 |
| 2 | LunarVim | 18,949 |
| 3 | AstroNvim | 13,516 |
| 4 | tokyonight.nvim | 7,225 |
| 5 | lualine.nvim | 7,169 |
| 6 | nvim | 6,558 |
| 7 | which-key.nvim | 6,329 |
| 8 | trouble.nvim | 6,283 |
| 9 | obsidian.nvim | 5,451 |
| 10 | diffview.nvim | 4,741 |
| 11 | Comment.nvim | 4,340 |
| 12 | lspsaga.nvim | 3,657 |
| 13 | orgmode | 3,410 |
| 14 | nvimdots | 3,172 |
| 15 | nvim-ufo | 2,705 |
| 16 | nvim-bqf | 1,896 |
| 17 | neoscroll.nvim | 1,813 |
| 18 | neogen | 1,516 |
| 19 | iron.nvim | 1,159 |
| 20 | CosmicNvim | 1,124 |
| 21 | material.nvim | 1,044 |
| 22 | git-blame.nvim | 1,003 |
| 23 | nvim-hlslens | 843 |
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