Go-to Main Plugins after Understanding Vim & Nvim Config

Plugin Manager

• Lua based plugin manager - https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim

Dashboard

• https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify

File Tree Explorer

• https://github.com/kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua
  requires = https://kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons (for file icons),
  also, your terminal needs Nerd Font for it to work. I use JetBrains Mono NerdFont.

Colorscheme options, I use Nord.nvim

• https://github.com/shaunsingh/nord.nvim
• https://github.com/tanvirtin/monokai.nvim
• https://github.com/tomasiser/vim-code-dark
• https://github.com/ayu-theme/ayu-vim
• https://github.com/folke/tokyonight.nvim
• https://github.com/ray-x/aurora
• https://github.com/hoob3rt/lualine.nvim

Show Hex color

• https://github.com/norcalli/nvim-colorizer.lua

For Heavy C/C++

• https://github.com/cdelledonne/vim-cmake

LSP Experience

Main LSP

• Main plugin - https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig
• Show function signatures while typing - https://github.com/ray-x/lsp_signature.nvim
• Better UI - https://github.com/glepnir/lspsaga.nvim

Completion Engine

• https://github.comhrsh7th/nvim-cmp
  requires =
  • https://github.com/hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp',
  • https://github.com/'hrsh7th/cmp-buffer',
  • https://github.com/'hrsh7th/cmp-path',
  • https://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips
  • https://github.com/honza/vim-snippets
  • https://quangnguyen30192/cmp-nvim-ultisnips

TreeSitter

• https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter
• optional - https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/playground
• Define custom text objects - https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects

Telescope - Ultimate Fuzzy Finder

• https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim
  requires =
  • https://github.com/nvim-lua/popup.nvim
  • https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim

Telescope Extensions

• Insert symbols & Emoji - https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-symbols.nvim

• Optional, better search speed performance - https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-fzy-native.nvim

• https://github.com/fhill2/telescope-ultisnips.nvim
  requires = https://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips

• Project manager, git based - https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope-project.nvim

• Git integration - https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive

Snippets

• https://github.com/SirVer/ultisnips
• https://github.com/honza/vim-snippets

Auto close brackets, quotes, etc

• https://github.com/jiangmiao/auto-pairs

Change surrounding tags / quotes / anything that surrounds

• https://github.com/tpope/vim-surround

Comment out lines. Supports wide variety of languages.

• https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary

Multi Cursor like VSCode & Sublime

• https://github.com/mg979/vim-visual-multi

Remote Editing Features with SSH

• https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant.nvim