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Top 23 Lua Vim 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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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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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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👉 Catppuccin theme Catppuccin for Neovim.
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Indent Blankline
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Autopairs
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nightfox.nvim
🦊A highly customizable theme for vim and neovim with support for lsp, treesitter and a variety of plugins.
👉 Nightfox theme Nightfox for Neovim.
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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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nvimdev/dashboard-nvim
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vim-illuminate
illuminate.vim - (Neo)Vim plugin for automatically highlighting other uses of the word under the cursor using either LSP, Tree-sitter, or regex matching.
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Project mention: Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-06-09
Besides the usual Firefox/Chrome, Spotify, etc I use the following:
- Karabiner-Elements for key remapping, specifically, for making caps lock into ctrl/esc. I don't know of anything else that does this job. Everyone who remaps keys seems to use this.
- Kitty as my terminal of choice. I spend most of my time logged in remotely to a server via ssh where I attach to a tmux session. Kitty was easy enough to configure/theme and seems well-documented.
- Hammerspoon[2] for a DIY automation/keybinding/window management sys scriptable via lua. I use a private fork of this config: https://github.com/jasonrudolph/keyboard/tree/main
- Vivid[3] to make my macbook's screen brighter when outdoors on sunny days. This is important for me, since I try to spend as much time outside as possible.
[0] https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/
[1] https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
[2] https://www.hammerspoon.org/
[3] https://www.getvivid.app/
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Project mention: Show HN: Hardtime.nvim – break bad habits and master Vim motions | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-18
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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 Vim projects in Lua? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | NvChad | 26,155 |
| 2 | LunarVim | 18,842 |
| 3 | AstroNvim | 13,361 |
| 4 | nvim-lspconfig | 11,914 |
| 5 | tokyonight.nvim | 7,044 |
| 6 | nvim | 6,333 |
| 7 | indent-blankline.nvim | 4,552 |
| 8 | bufferline.nvim | 3,852 |
| 9 | nvim-autopairs | 3,601 |
| 10 | nightfox.nvim | 3,518 |
| 11 | orgmode | 3,352 |
| 12 | nvimdots | 3,116 |
| 13 | dotfiles | 2,819 |
| 14 | command-t | 2,762 |
| 15 | neovim | 2,628 |
| 16 | dashboard-nvim | 2,589 |
| 17 | barbar.nvim | 2,497 |
| 18 | vim-illuminate | 2,342 |
| 19 | keyboard | 2,132 |
| 20 | Launch.nvim | 2,012 |
| 21 | vim-config | 1,937 |
| 22 | hardtime.nvim | 2,594 |
| 23 | nvim-bqf | 1,860 |
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