LazyVim
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Neovim config for the lazy

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LazyVim is a Neovim setup powered by ๐Ÿ’ค lazy.nvim to make it easy to customize and extend your config. Rather than having to choose between starting from scratch or using a pre-made distro, LazyVim offers the best of both worlds - the flexibility to tweak your config as needed, along with the convenience of a pre-configured setup.

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โœจ Features

  • ๐Ÿ”ฅ Transform your Neovim into a full-fledged IDE
  • ๐Ÿ’ค Easily customize and extend your config with lazy.nvim
  • ๐Ÿš€ Blazingly fast
  • ๐Ÿงน Sane default settings for options, autocmds, and keymaps
  • ๐Ÿ“ฆ Comes with a wealth of plugins pre-configured and ready to use

โšก๏ธ Requirements

  • Neovim >= 0.11.2 (needs to be built with LuaJIT)
  • Git >= 2.19.0 (for partial clones support)
  • a Nerd Font (optional)_
  • a C compiler for nvim-treesitter. See here

๐Ÿš€ Getting Started

You can find a starter template for LazyVim here

Try it with Docker

docker run -w /root -it --rm alpine:edge sh -uelic '
  apk add git lazygit fzf curl neovim ripgrep alpine-sdk --update
  git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/starter ~/.config/nvim
  cd ~/.config/nvim
  nvim
'

Install the LazyVim Starter

  • Make a backup of your current Neovim files:
mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.bak
  mv ~/.local/share/nvim ~/.local/share/nvim.bak
  • Clone the starter
git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/starter ~/.config/nvim
  • Remove the .git folder, so you can add it to your own repo later
rm -rf ~/.config/nvim/.git
  • Start Neovim!
nvim

Refer to the comments in the files on how to customize LazyVim.


@dusty-phillips wrote a comprehensive book called LazyVim for Ambitious Developers available for free online.

๐Ÿ“‚ File Structure

The files under config will be automatically loaded at the appropriate time, so you don't need to require those files manually. LazyVim comes with a set of default config files that will be loaded before your own. See here

You can add your custom plugin specs under lua/plugins/. All files there will be automatically loaded by lazy.nvim

~/.config/nvim
โ”œโ”€โ”€ lua
โ”‚ย ย  โ”œโ”€โ”€ config
โ”‚ย ย  โ”‚ย ย  โ”œโ”€โ”€ autocmds.lua
โ”‚ย ย  โ”‚ย ย  โ”œโ”€โ”€ keymaps.lua
โ”‚ย ย  โ”‚ย ย  โ”œโ”€โ”€ lazy.lua
โ”‚ย ย  โ”‚ย ย  โ””โ”€โ”€ options.lua
โ”‚ย ย  โ””โ”€โ”€ plugins
โ”‚ย ย      โ”œโ”€โ”€ spec1.lua
โ”‚ย ย      โ”œโ”€โ”€ **
โ”‚ย ย      โ””โ”€โ”€ spec2.lua
โ””โ”€โ”€ init.lua

โš™๏ธ Configuration

Refer to the docs

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