What are your must-have vim/nvim extensions?

1. vim-surround

   1 83 13,728 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.

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3. vim-mundo

   2 12 800 1.5 Vim Script

   :christmas_tree: Vim undo tree visualizer

   

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

4. fzf

   3 427 69,645 9.7 Go

   :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

   

   fzf & fzf.vim

5. fzf.vim

   4 157 9,848 6.5 Vim Script

   fzf :heart: vim

   

   fzf & fzf.vim

6. ReplaceWithRegister

   5 8 330 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.

7. vim-gitgutter

   6 32 8,421 4.5 Vim Script

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

   

   And gitgutter.

8. lightspeed.nvim

   7 47 1,566 4.0 Fennel

   deprecated in favor 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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10. coc-ccls

    8 53 24 10.0 TypeScript

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

    

    neoclide/coc.nvim - LSP

11. NrrwRgn

    9 10 679 0.0 Vim Script

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

    

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

12. vim-sort-motion

    10 6 256 0.0 Vim Script

    Vim mapping for sorting a range of text

    

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

13. vim-titlecase

    11 1 106 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

14. ale

    12 133 13,740 9.0 Vim Script

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

    

    dense-analysis/ale - Linter + LSP

15. taboo.vim

    13 3 259 0.0 Vim Script

    Discontinued Few utilities for pretty tabs

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

16. gruvbox

    14 21 818 8.1 Vim Script

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

    

    gruvbox-community/gruvbox - My currently preferred color theme

17. vim-test

    15 40 3,070 6.6 Vim Script

    Run your tests at the speed of thought

    

18. vim-textobj-entire

    16 10 429 0.0 Vim Script

    Vim plugin: Text objects for entire buffer

    

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

19. vim-textobj-user

    17 25 1,459 0.0 Vim Script

    Vim plugin: Create your own text objects

    

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

20. vim-gutentags

    18 18 2,318 0.0 Vim Script

    A Vim plugin that manages your tag files

    

    ludovicchabant/vim-gutentags - Tags

21. tagbar

    19 32 6,181 5.5 Vim Script

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

    

22. emmet-vim

    20 30 6,459 4.5 Vim Script

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

    

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

23. vim-startify

    21 38 5,362 3.9 Vim Script

    :link: The fancy start screen for Vim.

    

    mhinz/vim-startify - Start page

24. vim-indent-guides

    22 5 2,649 0.8 Vim Script

    A Vim plugin for visually displaying indent levels in code

    

    nathanaelkane/vim-indent-guides - Visualize indent levels

25. vim-cool

    23 24 548 2.4 Vim Script

    A very simple plugin that makes hlsearch more useful.

    

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

26. vim-closer

    24 6 348 0.0 Vim Script

    Closes brackets

    

    rstacruz/vim-closer - Closes brackets automatically

27. tcomment_vim

    25 8 1,403 3.7 Vim Script

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

    

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

28. vim-airline

    26 59 17,885 6.0 Vim Script

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

    

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

29. minimap.vim

    27 15 1,233 2.5 Vim Script

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

    

    wfxr/minimap.vim - VSCode style mini maps

30. goyo.vim

    28 43 4,558 0.9 Vim Script

    :tulip: Distraction-free writing in Vim

    

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

31. vim-easy-align

    29 21 4,165 2.1 Vim Script

    :sunflower: A Vim alignment plugin

    

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

32. vim-peekaboo

    30 11 1,153 0.0 Vim Script

    :eyes: " / @ / CTRL-R

    

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

33. vim-abolish

    31 19 2,844 0.9 Vim Script

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

    

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

34. vim-endwise

    32 8 1,140 4.3 Vim Script

    endwise.vim: Wisely add

    

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

35. vim-eunuch

    33 27 1,857 5.3 Vim Script

    eunuch.vim: Helpers for UNIX

    

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

36. vim-fugitive

    34 117 20,622 6.6 Vim Script

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

    

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

37. vim-repeat

    35 27 2,654 5.3 Vim Script

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

    

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

38. vim-rsi

    36 28 598 0.0 Vim Script

    rsi.vim: Readline style insertion

    

    tpope/vim-rsi - Readline key bindings

39. vim-unimpaired

    37 52 3,366 0.0 Vim Script

    unimpaired.vim: Pairs of handy bracket mappings

    

    tpope/vim-unimpaired - Many useful common sense mappings

40. vim-vinegar

    38 38 2,292 0.0 Vim Script

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

    

    tpope/vim-vinegar - netrw replacement

41. targets.vim

    39 48 2,600 2.4 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

42. Gistory.vim

    40 2 2 0.8 Vim Script

    A better git blame

    

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

43. vim-easymotion

    41 49 7,542 0.0 Vim Script

    Vim motions on speed!

    

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

44. parinfer-rust

    42 15 565 8.5 Rust

    A Rust port of parinfer.

    

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

45. vim-arpeggio

    43 7 274 10.0 Vim Script

    Vim plugin: Mappings for simultaneously pressed keys

    

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

46. pear-tree

    44 7 391 2.2 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)

47. vim-sandwich

    45 35 1,462 5.0 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();.

48. vim-buftabline

    46 11 804 0.0 Vim Script

    Forget Vim tabs – now you can have buffer tabs

    

    ap/vim-buftabline for buffer line

49. tabular

    47 7 2,632 4.5 Vim Script

    Vim script for text filtering and alignment

    

    godlygeek/tabular for aligning things, sometimes useful

50. vim-sleuth

    48 27 2,017 3.9 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.

51. vim-ReplaceWithSameIndentRegister

    49 1 1 10.0 Vim Script

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

    

    There is also ReplaceWithSameIndentRegister.

52. vim-hexokinase

    50 9 951 0.0 Vim Script

    Discontinued 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.

53. golden-ratio

    51 2 331 0.0 Vim Script

    Automatic resizing of Vim windows to the golden ratio

    

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