What are your must-have vim/nvim extensions?

• vim-surround

  20 12,610 0.0 Vim Script

  surround.vim: Delete/change/add parentheses/quotes/XML-tags/much more with ease

  tpope/vim-surround - Modify surrounders. Should be a vim native feature.

• vim-mundo

  3 745 0.0 Vim Script

  :christmas_tree: Vim undo tree visualizer

  simnalamburt/vim-mundo - Undo tree antics. Hard to live without.

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• fzf

  74 55,712 6.6 Go

  :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

  fzf & fzf.vim

• fzf.vim

  26 9,178 0.0 Vim Script

  fzf :heart: vim

  fzf & fzf.vim

• ReplaceWithRegister

  2 293 10.0 VimL

  Replace text with the contents of a register.

  Someone shared ReplaceWithRegister in a previous thread about plugins. It's become my most used.

• vim-gitgutter

  9 8,177 0.0 Vim Script

  A Vim plugin which shows git diff markers in the sign column and stages/previews/undoes hunks and partial hunks.

  And gitgutter.

• lightspeed.nvim

  2 1,568 0.0 Fennel

  🌌 Next-generation motion plugin using incremental input processing, allowing for unparalleled speed with minimal interruptions (predecessor of leap.nvim)

  I just set up https://github.com/ggandor/lightspeed.nvim, and it's simply amazing for moving to precise locations. It's basically vim-sneak but much much more precise

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• coc-ccls

  18 25 10.0 TypeScript

  CCLS (C/C++) extension for coc.nvim

  neoclide/coc.nvim - LSP

• NrrwRgn

  2 672 1.8 Vim Script

  A Narrow Region Plugin for vim (like Emacs Narrow Region)

  chrisbra/NrrwRgn - Opens focussed part "region" of the buffer

• vim-sort-motion

  0 231 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim mapping for sorting a range of text

  christoomey/vim-sort-motion - Can sort a text object with gs

• vim-titlecase

  0 100 0.0 Vim Script

  Teach Vim about titlecase, with support for motions and text objects

  christoomey/vim-titlecase - Can convert a text object to title case

• ale

  29 13,006 0.0 Vim Script

  Check syntax in Vim/Neovim asynchronously and fix files, with Language Server Protocol (LSP) support

  

  dense-analysis/ale - Linter + LSP

• taboo.vim

  0 249 0.0 Vim Script

  Few utilities for pretty tabs

  gcmt/taboo.vim - Tab page utilities like renaming etc.

• gruvbox

  4 759 0.0 Vim Script

  Retro groove color scheme for Vim - community maintained edition (by gruvbox-community)

  

  gruvbox-community/gruvbox - My currently preferred color theme

• vim-test

  5 2,820 0.0 Vim Script

  Run your tests at the speed of thought

  

• vim-textobj-entire

  1 402 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim plugin: Text objects for entire buffer

  kana/vim-textobj-entire - Make entire buffer available as a text object

• vim-textobj-user

  6 1,399 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim plugin: Create your own text objects

  kana/vim-textobj-user - Make your own text objects

• vim-gutentags

  1 2,215 0.0 Vim Script

  A Vim plugin that manages your tag files

  ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags - Tags

• tagbar

  8 6,002 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim plugin that displays tags in a window, ordered by scope

  

• emmet-vim

  5 6,286 0.0 Vim Script

  emmet for vim: http://emmet.io/

  mattn/emmet-vim - Impossible to do HTML/CSS without

• vim-startify

  4 5,172 0.0 Vim Script

  :link: The fancy start screen for Vim.

  mhinz/vim-startify - Start page

• vim-indent-guides

  1 2,578 0.0 Vim Script

  A Vim plugin for visually displaying indent levels in code

  

  nathanaelkane/vim-indent-guides - Visualize indent levels

• vim-cool

  3 474 0.0 Vim Script

  A very simple plugin that makes hlsearch more useful.

  romainl/vim-cool - Disables search highlights after using. Minor but nice.

• vim-closer

  2 322 0.0 Vim Script

  Closes brackets

  rstacruz/vim-closer - Closes brackets automatically

• tcomment_vim

  1 1,364 0.0 Vim Script

  An extensible & universal comment vim-plugin that also handles embedded filetypes

  tomtom/tcomment_vim - Does embedded filetypes unlike tpope/vim-commentay

• vim-airline

  9 17,476 6.4 Vim Script

  lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air

  

  vim-airline/vim-airline - My preferred status bar with many integrations

• minimap.vim

  3 1,093 0.0 Vim Script

  📡 Blazing fast minimap / scrollbar for vim, powered by code-minimap written in Rust.

  wfxr/minimap.vim - VSCode style mini maps

• goyo.vim

  12 4,404 0.0 Vim Script

  :tulip: Distraction-free writing in Vim

  junegunn/goyo.vim - Distraction free writing window ala iAWriter

• vim-easy-align

  2 3,952 0.0 Vim Script

  :sunflower: A Vim alignment plugin

  junegunn/vim-easy-align - Aligns text. Accepts text objects.

• vim-peekaboo

  1 1,102 0.0 Vim Script

  :eyes: " / @ / CTRL-R

  junegunn/vim-peekaboo - See contents of registers before pasting on a sidebar

• vim-abolish

  3 2,577 0.0 Vim Script

  abolish.vim: Work with several variants of a word at once

  tpope/tpope-vim-abolish - Sane search/replace

• vim-endwise

  0 1,072 0.0 Vim Script

  endwise.vim: Wisely add

  tpope/vim-endwise - Closes blocks like do-end etc.

• vim-eunuch

  8 1,729 0.0 Vim Script

  eunuch.vim: Helpers for UNIX

  tpope/vim-eunuch - UNIX command helpers like Remove/Delete etc.

• vim-fugitive

  19 18,420 7.9 Vim Script

  fugitive.vim: A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal

  tpope/vim-fugitive - Don't git without this

• vim-repeat

  6 2,475 0.0 Vim Script

  repeat.vim: enable repeating supported plugin maps with "."

  tpope/vim-repeat - Bunch more repeatable actions with dot

• vim-rsi

  4 538 0.0 Vim Script

  rsi.vim: Readline style insertion

  tpope/vim-rsi - Readline key bindings

• vim-unimpaired

  18 3,155 0.0 Vim Script

  unimpaired.vim: Pairs of handy bracket mappings

  tpope/vim-unimpaired - Many useful common sense mappings

• vim-vinegar

  10 2,130 1.8 Vim Script

  vinegar.vim: Combine with netrw to create a delicious salad dressing

  tpope/vim-vinegar - netrw replacement

• targets.vim

  5 2,462 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim plugin that provides additional text objects

  targets.vim improves a bunch of textobjects, i.e. seeking the next pair if you are outside of one

• Gistory.vim

  0 3 0.0 Vim Script

  A better git blame

  gistory.vim search commits changing specific lines/text, diff commits, run code formatter for diffs

• vim-easymotion

  8 7,227 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim motions on speed!

  

  easymotion/vim-easymotion to move the cursor without having to think at all

• parinfer-rust

  0 487 0.0 Rust

  A Rust port of parinfer.

  eraserhd/parinfer-rust if you do any sort of Lisp programming

• vim-arpeggio

  2 262 10.0 Vim Script

  Vim plugin: Mappings for simultaneously pressed keys

  kana/vim-arpeggio for the jk ==> mapping

• pear-tree

  2 390 0.0 Vim Script

  A Vim auto-pair plugin that supports multi-character pairs, intelligent matching, and more

  tmsvg/pear-tree for an extensible autocloser (I hate closing GHC {-# LANGUAGE ... #-} myself, and it's not built into any of the common plugins AFAIK)

• vim-sandwich

  2 1,349 0.0 Vim Script

  Set of operators and textobjects to search/select/edit sandwiched texts.

  machakann/vim-sandwich for an alternative to tpope/vim-surround. When you need it, the i surrounding is unbelievably convenient to insert/delete/change arbitrary delimiters, e.g. saipglBegin(mode);glEnd();.

• vim-buftabline

  1 772 0.0 Vim Script

  Forget Vim tabs – now you can have buffer tabs

  ap/vim-buftabline for buffer line

• tabular

  0 2,504 0.0 Vim Script

  Vim script for text filtering and alignment

  godlygeek/tabular for aligning things, sometimes useful

• vim-sleuth

  10 1,668 0.0 Vim Script

  sleuth.vim: Heuristically set buffer options

  I'm surprised nobody has mentioned tpope/vim-sleuth, which automatically sets tabstop and shiftwidth to agree with the current file or project.

• vim-ReplaceWithSameIndentRegister

  0 2 10.0 Vim Script

  Replace lines with the contents of a register, keeping the original indent.

  There is also ReplaceWithSameIndentRegister.

• vim-hexokinase

  0 951 0.0 Vim Script

  hexokinase.vim - (Neo)Vim plugin for asynchronously displaying the colours in the file (#rrggbb, #rgb, rgb(a)? functions, hsl(a)? functions, web colours, custom patterns)

  Haven't seen anyone mention Hexokinase yet, but it's the best plugin I've used for displaying colours mentioned in files - especially useful for CSS and theme files.

• golden-ratio

  1 323 0.0 Vim Script

  Automatic resizing of Vim windows to the golden ratio

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