NativeVim

NativeVim is a Neovim config without plugins

NativeVim is not:

• a distro (unless you call kickstart.nvim a neovim distro)
• a plugin/package
• or something that tries to reinvent famous plugins

NativeVim doesn't include:

• a package manager (e.g. lazy.nvim or rocks.nvim)
• some famous plugins like nvim-lspconfig, nvim-cmp and nvim-treesitter
• and any other vim/neovim plugins¹

NativeVim(pure Neovim) has features like:

• basic LSP features
• TreeSitter Highlighting
• completions
• snippets (including LSP and user defined ones)

and more!

Caution

Since this config was developed to demonstrate the most native method, it may be slower or lack features than other configs.

Why?

This is an academical project to see if I can write Neovim config from scratch without any external plugins. So people can understand the Neovim plugin ecosystem more and know what exact plugins they really need.

Note

I'm not saying "you don't need any of those plugins". Most plugins out there have their own reasons to be used. But if you're curious about the solution without them, this project is for you.

Requirement

• Neovim v0.11+
• fzf (optional)

Installation

NativeVim doesn't support any plugin manager by default. Just clone it to ~/.config/nativevim and use with NVIM_APPNAME environment variable.

# 1. clone it
git clone https://github.com/boltlessengineer/nativevim.git ~/.config/nativevim

# 2. use it with NVIM_APPNAME
NVIM_APPNAME=nativevim nvim

LoC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Language             Files        Lines        Blank      Comment         Code
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 Lua                     10          280           27           84          169
 Markdown                 1           80           23            0           57
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 Total                   11          360           50           84          226
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TODOs

• How to setup LSP without any plugins
• How to setup snippets?
• How to setup TreeSitter parsers without any plugins (git, luarocks)
  • How to install TreeSitter parsers manually without plugin manager
• Native solutions to famous plugins (e.g. Comment.nvim)

Footnotes

1. fzf is edge-case here but it is disabled by default ↩