Plugins

Plugins

All plugins are declared via vim.pack.add() in init.lua. Configuration lives in lua/plugins/ or inline in init.lua. The lock file is nvim-pack-lock.json.

UI & Theme

Plugin	Role
dracula/vim	Dracula colour scheme (OSS version, active in init.lua)
dracula-pro	Dracula Pro (local path ~/github.com/dracula/Dracula Pro/themes/vim); provides the lualine palette
nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim	Status line — dracula-pro themed, shows mode/branch/diff/diagnostics/filename/rails env/location
nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons	File-type icons (dependency)
echasnovski/mini.nvim	mini.statusline + mini.pick used; provides mini.icons for nvim-tree
folke/snacks.nvim	Dashboard, picker, notifier, git-browse, words, scope, quickfile, statuscolumn, bigfile, image, scroll, input; priority 1000, never lazy
lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim	Indent guides (present in vim.pack.add but config is commented out)
j-hui/fidget.nvim	LSP progress spinner (avoids overlapping nvim-tree)
MeanderingProgrammer/render-markdown.nvim	Renders markdown and CodeCompanion buffers in-editor
folke/which-key.nvim	Keymap popup after 300 ms delay on <leader>
folke/trouble.nvim	Diagnostics panel, quickfix, loclist
lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim	Inline blame, hunk navigation/staging
stevearc/aerial.nvim	Code-outline sidebar

Navigation & Files

Plugin	Role
stevearc/oil.nvim	Directory-as-buffer editor; - to open parent
nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua	File explorer sidebar (width 36, left)
nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim + telescope-fzf-native.nvim	Fuzzy finder with fzf sorter
folke/flash.nvim	Character-label jump (s normal/visual/op, S treesitter)
folke/todo-comments.nvim	TODO/FIXME highlights + Telescope search

Editing Primitives (tpope + utilities)

Plugin	Role
tpope/vim-surround	Surround text objects
tpope/vim-commentary	gc comment operator
tpope/vim-repeat	Repeat plugin maps with .
tpope/vim-abolish	Case-aware substitute + abbreviation
tpope/vim-eunuch	Shell commands (:Rename, :Move, :SudoWrite, etc.)
wellle/targets.vim	Extended text objects
vim-scripts/align	Column alignment
pbrisbin/vim-mkdir	Auto-create parent dirs on save

Treesitter

Plugin	Role
nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter	Core parser (:TSUpdate); ensures yaml, css, html, js, ts, tsx, svelte, vue, scss, latex, norg, typst, regex
nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-context	Sticky context header (max 2 lines)
nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects	af/if, ac/ic, ab/ib, ]m/[m motions
windwp/nvim-ts-autotag	Auto-close/rename HTML/JSX tags
JoosepAlviste/nvim-ts-context-commentstring	Context-aware gc in JSX/TSX/Vue

Ruby & Rails

Plugin	Role
vim-ruby/vim-ruby	Ruby syntax + indent
tpope/vim-endwise	Auto-insert end
tpope/vim-bundler	Bundler integration (:Bundle)
tpope/vim-rails	Rails navigation (:Emodel, :Econtroller, alternate files)

LSP & Completion

Plugin	Role
neovim/nvim-lspconfig	LSP server configuration
williamboman/mason.nvim	LSP/tool installer
williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim	Bridges mason ↔ lspconfig; auto-enables installed servers
WhoIsSethDaniel/mason-tool-installer.nvim	Ensures non-LSP tools: debugpy, stylua, selene, goimports, golangci-lint
saghen/blink.cmp + rafamaduri/friendly-snippets	Completion engine (sources: lsp, path, snippets, buffer)
folke/lazydev.nvim	Neovim API type annotations for Lua files
jmbuhr/otter.nvim	Embedded language LSP (e.g., Ruby inside ERB <% %>)

Git

Plugin	Role
tpope/vim-fugitive	Git porcelain (:Git, :Gdiffsplit, :Gblame)
sindrets/diffview.nvim	Side-by-side diff and file history
tpope/vim-rhubarb	GitHub integration for fugitive (:GBrowse)

Testing

Plugin	Role
nvim-neotest/neotest	Test runner framework
olimorris/neotest-rspec	RSpec adapter (runs via bundle exec rspec)
nvim-neotest/neotest-go	Go adapter (race detection, test tables)
nvim-neotest/nvim-nio	Async I/O library (neotest dependency)
antoinemadec/FixCursorHold.nvim	CursorHold performance fix

Debugging (DAP)

Plugin	Role
mfussenegger/nvim-dap	Debug Adapter Protocol core
rcarriga/nvim-dap-ui	DAP UI panels (auto-open on session start)
leoluz/nvim-dap-go	Go debugger adapter
suketa/nvim-dap-ruby	Ruby debugger adapter

AI

Plugin	Role
olimorris/codecompanion.nvim	AI chat + actions; custom zdots chat variable hydrates context from the zdots Knowledge Layer

Utilities

Plugin	Role
nvim-lua/plenary.nvim	Lua utility library (shared dependency)