R NVIM — A Modern, Powerful & Animated Neovim Setup

A beautifully structured, fast, and feature-rich Neovim configuration built with Lua and powered by Lazy.nvim.

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Features

Custom Animated Dashboard

• Fully custom-built animated startup screen
• Aligned menu with icons
• Smooth header animation
• Non-scrollable UI
• Clean centered layout

Catppuccin Theme

• Beautiful, soft colors
• Perfect highlight support
• Dashboard + UI consistency

Lazy.nvim Plugin Manager

• Fast startup
• Lazy loading
• Modern plugin management

Telescope Integration

• File search
• Text search
• Recent files
• Fuzzy finder everywhere

Treesitter

• Advanced syntax highlighting
• Better indentation
• Language-aware selection

LSP + Mason

• Auto language server installation
• LSP keymaps
• Formatting + linting
• Error diagnostics

Auto-completion

• Snippet support via LuaSnip
• LSP autocompletion
• Keyword suggestions

Formatting

• Code formatting
• Code actions
• Linting

Git Integration

• Git signs in gutter
• Git hunk preview
• Git status indicators

Built-in Terminal Integration

• Floating terminal
• Horizontal & vertical terminal openings
• Auto insert-mode on open

VSCode-like Keymaps

• Ctrl + A → Select all
• Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V → Copy/paste
• Ctrl + Z, Ctrl + Y → Undo/Redo
• Powerful motion + editing shortcuts

Performance Optimized

• Lazy loading
• Low memory usage
• Instant startup time
• Clean keymap design

Installation

1️ Install Neovim

For Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S neovim

2️ Install Git

sudo pacman -S git

3️ Install Nerd Font

yay -S nerd-fonts-complete

4️ Clone the R NVIM config

git clone https://github.com/ravindran-dev/nvim.git

5️ Open Neovim

nvim

Lazy.nvim will automatically install all plugins.

Folder Structure

~/.config/nvim
├── init.lua
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── SECURITY.md
├── lua
│   ├── core
│   │   ├── lazy.lua                
│   │   ├── dashboard.lua           
│   │   ├── options.lua             
│   │   ├── keymaps.lua             
│   │   ├── weather.lua             
│   │   ├── leetcode_cookie.lua   
│   │   ├── leetcode_browser.lua    
│   │   ├── autocomds.lua           
│   │   ├── configs.lua             
│   ├── scripts
│   │   ├── get_leetcode_cookie.py  
│   ├── utils.lua                   
│   ├── plugins
│       ├── lsp.lua                
│       ├── cmp.lua                 
│       ├── telescope.lua           
│       ├── treesitter.lua          
│       ├── null-ls.lua             
│       ├── git.lua                 
│       ├── git-blame.lua          
│       ├── persistence.lua         
│       ├── ui.lua                 
│       ├── leetcode.lua            

Keymaps (Important)

Shortcut Action

• Ctrl + A Select All
• Ctrl + C Copy
• Ctrl + V Paste
• Ctrl + Z Undo
• Ctrl + Y Redo
• Space + f File Finder
• Space + g Live Grep
• Space + e Toggle Explorer
• Space + t Open Terminal
• Space + l Lazy Menu
• q Quit Dashboard

Plugins Used

• Lazy.nvim - modern plugin manager

• Catppuccin - color scheme & UI theme

• Telescope - fuzzy file and text finder

• Telescope-fzf-native - performance boost for search

• Treesitter - advanced syntax parser

• LSPConfig - language server support

• Mason - auto-installation of LSPs

• Mason-LSPConfig -LSP auto-wiring

• nvim-cmp - auto-completion engine

• LuaSnip - snippet engine

• cmp-nvim-lsp - LSP completion source

• cmp-path - path completion

• cmp-buffer - buffer content completion

• cmp-cmdline - command-line completion

• none-ls (null-ls) - formatting & linting

• GitSigns - git change visualization

• Git-Blame.nvim - inline git line blame

• Persistence.nvim - auto session restore

• ToggleTerm - floating & split terminals

• Neotree / Nvim-tree - file explorer (your choice)

• LeetCode.nvim - solve Leetcode inside Neovim

• nvim-web-devicons - developer icons

• Bufferline.nvim - tab-like buffer view

• Lualine.nvim - bottom statusline

• Plenary.nvim - base library for plugins

• nvim-notify - stylish notifications

• indent-blankline.nvim - indentation guides

• Vigemus/iron.nvim - Adds a REPL panel for Python, Node, Bash, Lua and sends code live to terminal.

• MunifTanjim/nui.nvim - UI component library powering popups and advanced layout windows.

• nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim - Status line plugin used for displaying breadcrumbs & system stats.

• nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons - Icon pack for the dashboard, menu icons, and file types.

• SmiteshP/nvim-navic - Provides breadcrumb navigation and an outline sidebar for code structure.

Additional Features

• Live clock + date display on dashboard

• Weather display (API-based real-time update)

• Git status overview (branch + changes count)

• Launch stats showing plugin count & load time

• Browser-based LeetCode login (no manual cookies) (Under issues)

• Integrated LeetCode problem navigation, test & submit

• Session restore with one click

• Responsive, highlighted dashboard menu navigation

• Global VSCode-like keymaps (Copy/Paste/Undo/Redo/Select all)

• Line numbers & relative line numbers enabled by default

• Improved non-scrollable fixed dashboard layout

• Dashboard message changes based on morning, afternoon, evening, or late night usage.

• dd - Jump to the dashboard immediately from anywhere in Nvim.

• Shows live CPU inside the dashboard.

• Displays Neovim’s current Lua memory usage

• Quick search through installed plugins directly from the dashboard menu.

R NVIM UI example:

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Open an issue or create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Author - Ravindran S

Developer • ML Enthusiast • Neovim Customizer • Linux Power User

Hi! I'm Ravindran S, an engineering student passionate about:

• Linux & System Engineering
• AIML (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning)
• Full-stack Web Development
• Hackathon-grade project development

R NVIM is my personal Neovim distribution - built to be fast, beautiful, and productive.

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