kickstart-nvim.mp4
A starting point for Neovim that is:
- Small
- Single-file (with examples of moving to multi-file)
- Documented
- Modular
Kickstart.nvim targets only the latest 'stable' and latest 'nightly' of Neovim. If you are experiencing issues, please make sure you have the latest versions.
NOTE Backup your previous configuration (if any exists)
Requirements:
- Make sure to review the readmes of the plugins if you are experiencing errors. In particular:
- See Windows Installation if you have trouble with
telescope-fzf-native
Neovim's configurations are located under the following paths, depending on your OS:
OS | PATH |
---|---|
Windows (cmd) | %userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\ |
Windows (powershell) | $env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\ |
Clone kickstart.nvim:
- on Windows (cmd)
git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git %userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\
- on Windows (powershell)
git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git $env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\nvim\
Start Neovim
nvim
The Lazy
plugin manager will start automatically on the first run and install the configured plugins - as can be seen in the introduction video. After the installation is complete you can press q
to close the Lazy
UI and you are ready to go! Next time you run nvim Lazy
will no longer show up.
If you would prefer to hide this step and run the plugin sync from the command line, you can use:
nvim --headless "+Lazy! sync" +qa
- For adding plugins, there are 3 primary options:
- Add new configuration in
lua/custom/plugins/*
files, which will be auto sourced usinglazy.nvim
(uncomment the line importing thecustom/plugins
directory in theinit.lua
file to enable this) - Modify
init.lua
with additional plugins. - Include the
lua/kickstart/plugins/*
files in your configuration.
- Add new configuration in
You can also merge updates/changes from the repo back into your fork, to keep up-to-date with any changes for the default configuration.
In the file: lua/custom/plugins/autopairs.lua
, add:
-- File: lua/custom/plugins/autopairs.lua
return {
"windwp/nvim-autopairs",
-- Optional dependency
dependencies = { 'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp' },
config = function()
require("nvim-autopairs").setup {}
-- If you want to automatically add `(` after selecting a function or method
local cmp_autopairs = require('nvim-autopairs.completion.cmp')
local cmp = require('cmp')
cmp.event:on(
'confirm_done',
cmp_autopairs.on_confirm_done()
)
end,
}
This will automatically install windwp/nvim-autopairs and enable it on startup. For more information, see documentation for lazy.nvim.
In the file: lua/custom/plugins/filetree.lua
, add:
-- Unless you are still migrating, remove the deprecated commands from v1.x
vim.cmd([[ let g:neo_tree_remove_legacy_commands = 1 ]])
return {
"nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim",
version = "*",
dependencies = {
"nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
"nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons", -- not strictly required, but recommended
"MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",
},
config = function ()
require('neo-tree').setup {}
end,
}
This will install the tree plugin and add the command :Neotree
for you. You can explore the documentation at neo-tree.nvim for more information.
- You may also want to look at the migration guide for lazy.nvim
- Can I keep my existing configuration in parallel to kickstart?
- Yes! You can use NVIM_APPNAME
=nvim-NAME
to maintain multiple configurations. For example you can install the kickstart configuration in~/.config/nvim-kickstart
and create an alias:When you run Neovim usingalias nvim-kickstart='NVIM_APPNAME="nvim-kickstart" nvim'
nvim-kickstart
alias it will use the alternative config directory and the matching local directory~/.local/share/nvim-kickstart
. You can apply this approach to any Neovim distribution that you would like to try out.
- Yes! You can use NVIM_APPNAME
- What if I want to "uninstall" this configuration:
- See lazy.nvim uninstall information
- Are there any cool videos about this plugin?
-
Here is one about the previous iteration of kickstart: video introduction to Kickstart.nvim. Note the install via init.lua no longer works as specified. Please follow the install instructions in this file instead as they're up to date.
-
Installation may require installing build tools, and updating the run command for telescope-fzf-native
See telescope-fzf-native
documentation for more details
This requires:
- Install CMake, and the Microsoft C++ Build Tools on Windows
- Install a C compiler.
{'nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', build = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' }