kickstart.nvim

Introduction

A starting point for Neovim that is:

Small
Single-file
Completely Documented

NOT a Neovim distribution, but instead a starting point for your configuration.

Installation

Install Neovim

Kickstart.nvim targets only the latest 'stable' and latest 'nightly' of Neovim. If you are experiencing issues, please make sure you have the latest versions.

Install External Dependencies

NOTE Backup your previous configuration (if any exists)

External Requirements:

Basic utils: git, make, unzip, C Compiler (gcc)
ripgrep
Language Setup:
- If want to write Typescript, you need npm
- If want to write Golang, you will need go
- etc.

NOTE See Windows Installation to double check any additional Windows notes

Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:

OS	PATH
Linux, MacOS	`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim`, `~/.config/nvim`
Windows (cmd)	`%userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\`
Windows (powershell)	`$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\`

Install Kickstart

Clone kickstart.nvim:

Linux and Mac

git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}"/nvim

Windows

If you're using cmd.exe:

git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git %userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\

If you're using powershell.exe

git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git $env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\

Post Installation

Start Neovim

nvim

That's it! Lazy will install all the plugins you have. Use :Lazy to view current plugin status.

Read through the init.lua file in your configuration folder for more information about extending and exploring Neovim.

Getting Started

The Only Video You Need to Get Started with Neovim

Recommended Steps

Fork this repo (so that you have your own copy that you can modify) and then installing you can install to your machine using the methods above.

NOTE Your fork's url will be something like this: https://github.com/<your_github_username>/kickstart.nvim.git

Examples of adding popularly requested plugins

NOTE: You'll need to uncomment the line in the init.lua that turns on loading custom plugins.

Adding autopairs

This will automatically install windwp/nvim-autopairs and enable it on startup. For more information, see documentation for lazy.nvim.

In the file: lua/custom/plugins/autopairs.lua, add:

-- File: lua/custom/plugins/autopairs.lua

return {
  "windwp/nvim-autopairs",
  -- Optional dependency
  dependencies = { 'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp' },
  config = function()
    require("nvim-autopairs").setup {}
    -- If you want to automatically add `(` after selecting a function or method
    local cmp_autopairs = require('nvim-autopairs.completion.cmp')
    local cmp = require('cmp')
    cmp.event:on(
      'confirm_done',
      cmp_autopairs.on_confirm_done()
    )
  end,
}

Adding a file tree plugin

This will install the tree plugin and add the command :Neotree for you. You can explore the documentation at neo-tree.nvim for more information.

In the file: lua/custom/plugins/filetree.lua, add:

-- Unless you are still migrating, remove the deprecated commands from v1.x
vim.cmd([[ let g:neo_tree_remove_legacy_commands = 1 ]])

return {
  "nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim",
  version = "*",
  dependencies = {
    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
    "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", -- not strictly required, but recommended
    "MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
  },
  config = function ()
    require('neo-tree').setup {}
  end,
}

FAQ

Windows Installation

Installation may require installing build tools, and updating the run command for telescope-fzf-native

See telescope-fzf-native documentation for more details

This requires:

Install CMake, and the Microsoft C++ Build Tools on Windows

{'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }

Alternatively one can install gcc and make which don't require changing the config, the easiest way is to use choco:

install chocolatey either follow the instructions on the page or use winget, run in cmd as admin:

winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey

install all requirements using choco, exit previous cmd and open a new one so that choco path is set, run in cmd as admin:

choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make

Then continue with the Install Kickstart step.

License

LtdSauce/kickstart.nvim

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