My Neovim Config

Showcase

Splashscreen/Greeter

General File Preview

Telescope

Notifications

Yazi File Manager

Auto-complete

Lazy.nvim Start Times

Requirements

• Neovim 0.11.0+
• Any Nerd Font
• git
• tar
• curl
• yazi (for yazi.nvim)
• ripgrep (OPTIONAL: for better live grep)
• fd (OPTIONAL: for better file search)
• tree-sitter-cli 0.26.1+
• Any c compiler
• npm (for some LSPs)

Installation

git clone this repository into your neovim config.

Tip

On Linux/MacOS, the default path is ~/.config/nvim/

On Windows, the default path is ~/AppData/Local/nvim/

Otherwise, you can run :echo stdpath("config") inside of Neovim to find the config path

1. Backup your current Neovim (if it exists)
   • cp -r NEOVIM_CONFIG_PATH nvim_backup
2. Clone this repo into your system
   • git clone https://github.com/qwavies/nvim NEOVIM_CONFIG_PATH

Config Structure

~/.config/nvim
├── lua
│   ├── config
│   │   ├── lazy.lua (where lazy.nvim is loaded)
│   │   ├── autocmds.lua (put autocommands here)
│   │   └── keymaps.lua (put keymaps here)
│   └── plugins
│       ├── plugin1.lua
│       ├── plugin2.lua
│       └── *** (all plugins here are auto-loaded)
├── ftplugin
│   ├── markdown.lua
│   ├── lua.lua
│   ├── html.lua
│   └── *** (language-specific settings go here)
└── init.lua (config entry point)

Plugin List

Editing Support

• nvim-autopairs (Auto-close brackets)
• nvim-ts-autotag (Auto-renames closing tags)
• blink.cmp (Autocomplete suggestions)
• smart-backspace.nvim (Hey, I made this one! Check it out 😁)

Additional Info

• crates.nvim (Shows latest versions of rust crates)
• gitsigns.nvim (Shows git diffs in the number lines)

Navigation

• flash.nvim (Instantly jump to anywhere in a buffer)
• marko.nvim (More responsive and visual marks)
• yazi.nvim (Support for Yazi file manager)
• telescope.nvim (Fuzzy-finder/picker)

Aesthetics

• catppuccin (Colorscheme)
• which-key.nvim (Shows available keybindings)
• alpha-nvim (Greeter/Dashboard)
• nvim-colorizer (Hex/CSS color highlighter)
• indent-blankline.nvim (Draws lines to show current indentation)
• lualine.nvim (Custom status bar)
• nvim-notify (Non-invasive notifications)
• smear-cursor.nvim (Large jumps leaves a trail for better visibility)
• todo-comments.nvim (Highlights TODOs, BUGs, etc.)
• markview.nvim (Better markdown rendering)

LSP and Treesitter

• nvim-lspconfig (Pre-configured LSP server configurations)
• mason.nvim (Package manager for LSPs)
  • mason-lspconfig.nvim (Bridge for nvim-lspconfig and mason.nvim)
• lazydev.nvim (Configures the LuaLS LSP for Neovim development)
• tree-sitter (Better syntax parsing)
  • tree-sitter-context (Shows current class/function/scope)