plugins.md

Plugins

In Use

Coding

• lsp and code completion
  • nvim-lspconfig: manage the lifecycle of language-servers
  • mason: LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters
  • mason-lspconfig: closes some gaps that exist between mason.nvim and nvim-lspconfig.
  • none-ls.nvim: a null-ls fork. null-ls expose other tools which does not have an lsp implementations as lsp. Example prettier, eslint etc.
  • SchemaStore: json and yaml schemastore plugin
  • nvim-cmp: a completion suggestion plugin
    • cmp-buffer: buffer words as suggestion
    • cmp-paths: provide file system paths in completion
    • lazydev.nvim: has something to do with lua language server
• formatting and linting
  • conform.nvim: formatter
  • nvim-lint: linter. This sometime conflict with none-ls.nvim. Prefer this over that�
• snippets
  • nvim-snippets: allow vscode style snippets to be used with nvim snippets
  • friendly-snippets: a collection of snippets
• llm
  • copilot.lua
    • CopilotChat.nvim
    • copilot-cmp
• syntax tree and text objects
  • nvim-treesitter: syntax-tree builder
  • nvim-treesitter-textobjects: Syntax aware text-objects, select, move, swap, and peek support
  • nvim-ts-autotag: use treesitter to autoclose and autorename html tag
  • mini.pairs: auto pairs (close the paired brackets by default)
  • mini.ai: better text objects
• ts-comments.nvim: plugin to enhance Neovim's native comments
• Luvit-Meta: has something to do with luvit lua framework
• language
  • markdown
    • mkdnflow

Git

• gitsigns.nvim: git signs highlights text that has changed since the list git commit, and also lets you interactively stage & unstage hunks in a commit

Colorscheme

• tokyonight.nvim
• catppuccin

Editor

• telescope: picker
• fzf-lua
• neo-tree.nvim: file system explorer
• grug-far.nvim: search/replace in multiple files
• flash.nvim: show labels at the end of each match, letting you quickly jump to a specific location.
• which-key.nvim: keybindings help
• trouble.nvim: better diagnostics list and others
• todo-comments.nvim: Finds and lists all of the TODO, HACK, BUG, etc comment in your project and loads them into a browsable list.
• persistence.nvim: session management
• dressing.nvim: better vim.ui with telescope
• mini.surround: surround actions
• yanky.nvim: improved yank
• toggleterm: terminals

UI

• nvim-notify: notification manager
• bufferline.nvim: tab manager
• lualine.nvim: status line manager
• indent-blankline.nvim: indent guides for Neovim
• mini.indentscope: Active indent guide and indent text objects. When you're browsing code, this highlights the current level of indentation, and animates the highlighting.
• noice.nvim: Highly experimental plugin that completely replaces the UI for messages, cmdline and the popupmenu
• nvim-web-devicons: icons
• nui.nvim: ui components
• dashboard-nvim: dashboard
• edgy.nvim: A Neovim plugin to easily create and manage predefined window layouts, bringing a new edge to your workflow.

Utils

• dial.nvim: Extended increment/decrement plugin for Neovim

Libraries

• plenary.nvim: library used by other plugins

To Try

• * means that it is supported in lazyvim extras

Coding

• lsp and code completion
  • lsp-zero: simplify the nvim-lspconfig and nvim-cmp setup
    • maybe not, check this issue
  • nvim-cmp extensions
    • cmp-rg: project words using ripgrep
    • vim-dadbod-completion: database tables using vim-dadbod
    • cmp-nerdfont: nerdfont icons
    • check AI related completion plugins here
    • css colors and font extensions
    • cmp-npm: npm packages cmp
    • cmp-git: Git commits, github/gitlab issues, merge/pull requests, mentions, etc.
    • cmp-tmux
    • cmp-dictionary
    • note-taking and academic writin plugins here
    • cmp-look
    • cmp-sql: source for sql keywords
    • nvim-cmp-lua: source for neovim Lua API.
    • otter.nvim: completion for injected languages based on synced buffers
    • cmp-dotenv
    • cmp-dynamic: dynamically generate candidates using Lua functions.
• formatting
  • *conform.nvim: Lightweight yet powerful formatter plugin for Neovim
• llm tools
  • *codeium.nvim
  • *tabnine-nvim
    • *cmp-tabnine
• snippets
  • *luasnip: does this provide anything over nvim-snippets?
• comments
  • *mini.comment: does this provide anything over ts-comments?
  • *nvim-ts-context-commentstring: use treesitter to find the type of comments. Useful for tsx files
  • *Neogen: code annotation toolkit
• syntax tree and text objects
  • *vim-illuminate: highlight other uses of the word
• testing
  • *neotest: A framework for interacting with tests within NeoVim.
• debugging
  • *nvim-dap: Debug Adaptor Protocol client implementation for nvim
  • *nvim-dap-ui
  • *nvim-dap-virtual-text
  • *mason-nvim-dap.nvim: closes some gaps that exist between mason.nvim and nvim-dap
  • *one-small-step-for-vimkind: a DAP adapter for the Neovim lua language
• outline
  • *aerial.nvim: A code outline window for skimming and quick navigation
  • *outline.nvim: Code outline
• refactoring
  • *inc-rename: renaming
  • *refactoring.nvim: The Refactoring library based off the Refactoring book by Martin Fowler
  • treeSJ
• other
  • *kulala.nvim - REST client
  • check lspsaga
  • check glance

Git

• *octo.nvim: Edit and review GitHub issues and pull requests from the comfort of your favorite editor

Editor

• *nvim-navic: This shows where in the code structure you are - within functions, classes, etc - in the statusline.
• telescope
  • *telescope-fzf-native.nvim: FZF sorter for telescope written in c
  • try telescope file-explorer
• movement:
  • *leap: jump to locations
  • *flit.nvim: f/F/t/T motions on steroids, building on the Leap interface.
  • *mini.move: Move any selection in any direction
• *fzf.lua
• diff
  • *mini.diff: Work with diff hunks
• *neoconf.nvim: neoconf.nvim is a Neovim plugin to manage global and project-local settings.
• *project.nvim: project management
• llm tools
  • try gp.nvim, it is praised on reddit for its features
  • try chatgpt.nvim
  • try mods on terminal and see if its a better workflow

UI

• *alpha.nvim: fast and fully programmable greeter for neovim.
• *mini.starter: Fast and flexible start screen
• *mini.animate: animations
• *nvim-treesitter-context: sticky code context line

Utils

• *harpoon2
• *vim-repeat: makes some plugins dot-repeatable like leap
• *mini.files: Navigate and manipulate file system
• *mini.hipatterns: highlight patterns in text
• *vim-startuptime
• obsidian-nvim
• nvim-ufo: better folding
• fold-preview

Libraries

• *nvim-nio: A library for asynchronous IO in Neovim, inspired by the asyncio library in Python

Other

• explore other mini.nvim plugins
• check neovimcraft webpage
• check awesome-neovim list. This is a nice changelog for the same list