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Very Very Useful lua plugins used in my config

Lspkind-nvim

This tiny plugin adds vscode-like pictograms to neovim built-in lsp completion items :

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Nvim-tree.lua

fast file tree :

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Telescope-nvim

A fuzzy file finder, picker, sorter, previewer and much more:

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Indent-blankline.nvim

adds indentline :

Galaxyline

fastest statusline plugin I've used so far:

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Nvim-bufferline.lua

As a top tabline like thing which lets me handle tabs and buffers like switching , sorting and closing them etc.

Nvim-web-devicons

Lua fork of vim devicons which lets me change icons of filetypes

Nvim-treesitter

Better syntax highlighting for programming languages ( my config just has html,css,js support for now ).

without / with Treesitter :

Credits

Elianiva helped me with neovim lua related issues many times, NvChad wouldnt exist without his help at all!

Features

• File navigation with Nvimtree
• Using plugins that are mouse friendly
• Beautiful inbuilt themes
• lazy loading 100% of plugins
• managing tabs , buffers with bufferline
• autosave
• icons on nvimtree , telescope , bufferline/statusline and almost everywhere! with nvim-web-devicons
• minimal status line ( galaxyline)
• gitsigns (colored bars for git in my config)
• nvim-lspconfig for nvim-lsp configuration
• lspInstall for installing lsp servers easily
• nvim-compe for autocompletion
• lspkind to show pictograms on autocompletion items
• telescope for file finding , picking , previewing (files and even images)
• nvim-treesitter for syntax highlighting
• nvim-autopairs for autolosing braces and stuffs
• neoformat for prettifying / formatting code
• packer.nvim as package manager
• indent-blankline.Nvim for indentlines
• smooth scrolling
• luasnip for snippet plugin and snip support from VSCode through vsnip supporting custom and predefined snips (friendly-snippets)
• Distraction free modes ( modes in which statusline , tabline etc stuff get disabled so its just the text visible in the buffer similar to goyo.vim)
• Code formatting / prettifying
• gitsigns for git diffs

Requirements

• neovim 0.5
• A terminal that supports nerdfonts
• Set terminal's inner padding to 0.

Wiki

• pre-requisite
• config-structure
• mappings

Bloat

• To all those who think this is probably bloated , sure it is . Bloat means different to everyone . NvChad has like 30 ~ plugins but that doesnt mean those plugins are compromsing neovim's speed, snappiness or making it slow. No matter how many plugins I'd add on nvchad , it wouldnt compromise speed / snappiness / make it slow or whatever since it uses packer.nvim as plugin manager , packer.nvim lets you lazy load plugins i.e loading plugins on certain events , mappings , sequentially loading them etc so loading them only when needed , I have lazy loaded all the plugins so most plugins arent loaded by default , hence not affecting neovim's startup/launch time.

• The below image shows startuptime for :

• NvChad Without lazy loading vs with lazy loading

• Default neovim with startuptime.vim plugin vs NvChad

• NvChad on my other system with ssd

(The above 2 images show tests from my old pentium system so ofc the startuptime will be a lot more lesser for you )

TODO

It would be nice if NvChad focuses on existing plugins and config before adding new things , some plugins like whichkey , telescope , treesitter still have basic configs! Also adding new features that'd make NvChad slow or its startuptime slow wouldnt be encouraged , if that feature's really needed then It'll be mentioned in the wiki with its config.

• Debloat the config
• Add more themes.
• Add a theme switcher.
• Preview shortcuts in the form of a pretty cheatsheet
• Add a global configuration so it doesnt get hard to update :c

Contribute

• PR's are always welcomed however NvChad aims to be less bloated and suckless. So PR's regarding existing plugin's enhancement , bug fixes are more encouraged.
• PR's regarding adding new plugins and their configs must be given some thought since NvChad aims to have a minimal config and meant to be used as a "base" neovim config so it will have only a set of important plugins. So adding more and more plugins, making NvChad bloated + slow wont help!.
• NvChad isnt a Framework. NvChad wont keep adding more and more features ( adding new plugins most likely) as requested , no spoonfeeding!! If you think the plugin you want to be added is very useful and many NvChaders would find it useful, then such feature's PR is welcomed!
• But adding specific features like adding config for https://github.com/wakatime/vim-wakatime etc will be added in this https://github.com/siduck76/NvChad/wiki/Chad-user-configs. This lets the user select the things only they want ( from extra configs ) .

💝 Support

If you enjoy using NvChad and would like to show your appreciation, you may want to tip me here.

It is never required but always appreciated.