I moved to Neovim and love it, but is it right for you?

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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

  • If you want to go full-on Neovim but want a more or less ready-to-use experience, you can check out AstroNvim, LunarVim and NvChad. All three of these are well-loved in the community and can work as-is for an excellent experience, or be customized and extended to meet your needs. There are some others out there as well, but these three names come up all the time. (Quick note on this though, by using these you are abstracting what the configuration is doing, so it might actually be harder to start understanding and customizing your own config)

  • LunarVim

    🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

  • If you want to go full-on Neovim but want a more or less ready-to-use experience, you can check out AstroNvim, LunarVim and NvChad. All three of these are well-loved in the community and can work as-is for an excellent experience, or be customized and extended to meet your needs. There are some others out there as well, but these three names come up all the time. (Quick note on this though, by using these you are abstracting what the configuration is doing, so it might actually be harder to start understanding and customizing your own config)

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  • NvChad

    Blazing fast Neovim config providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.

  • If you want to go full-on Neovim but want a more or less ready-to-use experience, you can check out AstroNvim, LunarVim and NvChad. All three of these are well-loved in the community and can work as-is for an excellent experience, or be customized and extended to meet your needs. There are some others out there as well, but these three names come up all the time. (Quick note on this though, by using these you are abstracting what the configuration is doing, so it might actually be harder to start understanding and customizing your own config)

  • kickstart.nvim

    A launch point for your personal nvim configuration

  • If you want a jumping-off point to build a config yourself, you can start with Kickstart.nvim which is a basic configuration with some niceties included and is designed to be built on top of. TJ Devries also made a great Youtube video walking through setting it up and using it for the first time.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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