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Top 23 Nvim Open-Source Projects
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So I headed over to the Neovim GitHub like any lost soul would and followed the official install steps:
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InfluxDB
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NvChad
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
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coc.nvim
Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.
Neovim comes with a client. For Vim you will need to install one, such as CoC, LanguageClient-neovim, or vim-lsp.
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I use Neovim daily; it is highly customizable and can be configured to meet my needs. The configuration samples shown use Lazy.nvim.
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Project mention: Do you really need a plugin for fuzzy finding files in Neovim? | dev.to | 2025-05-06
I'm a simple man; I used telescope.nvim for finding files and not for much else. But I'm also a minimalism junkie so I'm always on the lookout for ways to get more value with less dependencies.
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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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mason.nvim
Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters.
Mason
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packer.nvim
A use-package inspired plugin manager for Neovim. Uses native packages, supports Luarocks dependencies, written in Lua, allows for expressive config
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nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim: A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua.
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There's a vscode extension that embeds NeoVim and just uses VSCode UI as a front end to delegate key presses to:
https://github.com/vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim
This yields a better experience than the old half baked VSCode vim emulation.
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Project mention: Show HN: Daily-notes.nvim – fuzzy time journal and planning plugin | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-08
The PKM space for neovim plugins is a surprisingly deep rabbithole but it can take quite a while to find what you need.
For completions and tagging https://github.com/Feel-ix-343/markdown-oxide works well for me and does pretty much everything I need.
There are also a glut of all-in-one solutions like https://github.com/nvim-neorg/neorg (org-mode for neovim) and https://github.com/epwalsh/obsidian.nvim.
Graphing is a bit harder because it doesn't intuitively match up with nvim's interface, but I'm pretty sure I saw something on Reddit the other day.
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👉 Catppuccin theme Catppuccin for Neovim.
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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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Project mention: Neovim file explorer oil.nvim: edit your filesystem like a buffer | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-03
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kanagawa.nvim
NeoVim dark colorscheme inspired by the colors of the famous painting by Katsushika Hokusai.
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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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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 Nvim projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | neovim | 90,252 |
| 2 | NvChad | 26,344 |
| 3 | coc.nvim | 24,884 |
| 4 | LazyVim | 21,146 |
| 5 | LunarVim | 18,870 |
| 6 | lazy.nvim | 17,748 |
| 7 | telescope.nvim | 17,691 |
| 8 | AstroNvim | 13,432 |
| 9 | nvim-lspconfig | 12,074 |
| 10 | mason.nvim | 9,107 |
| 11 | packer.nvim | 8,033 |
| 12 | lualine.nvim | 7,070 |
| 13 | vscode-neovim | 7,066 |
| 14 | neorg | 6,890 |
| 15 | nvim | 6,438 |
| 16 | deoplete.nvim | 5,955 |
| 17 | gitsigns.nvim | 5,868 |
| 18 | Neovim-from-scratch | 5,524 |
| 19 | obsidian.nvim | 5,336 |
| 20 | oil.nvim | 5,238 |
| 21 | kanagawa.nvim | 5,218 |
| 22 | leap.nvim | 4,737 |
| 23 | Comment.nvim | 4,305 |
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