🚀 Mannu's Neovim Configuration

⭐ If you find this config helpful, please star the repository! It motivates me to keep improving and adding new features.

A modern, feature-rich Neovim configuration built with Lua and managed by lazy.nvim. Organized, fast, and beautiful - just the way it should be.

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📸 Screenshots

Dashboard

Coding Interface

File Explorer

Command Palette

✨ Features

• 🎨 Beautiful UI - Catppuccin theme with optional transparency
• 🎯 Centered Command Palette - Noice.nvim for beautiful cmdline with icons
• 📦 Smart Plugin Management - lazy.nvim with organized structure
• 🔍 Fuzzy Finding - Snacks picker for files, grep, buffers
• 🌳 File Explorer - Snacks explorer (nvim-tree and oil.nvim also available)
• 💡 Full LSP Support - Auto-completion, diagnostics, and formatting
• 🎯 GitHub Copilot - AI-powered code completion
• 🔄 Git Integration - LazyGit integration with diff support
• 📊 Smart Statusline - Shows git status, diagnostics, and "I use Arch btw"
• 🧪 Testing - vim-test integration
• 📝 Markdown & API Preview - Live preview for markdown and Swagger/OpenAPI
• 🐳 Docker Management - LazyDocker integration
• 🎭 Discord Presence - Show what you're coding with cord.nvim
• 🎵 Now Playing - Dashboard shows current song via playerctl
• 🎨 Code Folding - nvim-ufo for smart folding
• ⚡ Fast Startup - Optimized lazy loading (~80ms with 26+ plugins)

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📋 Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.9.0
• Git
• A Nerd Font (recommended: JetBrainsMono Nerd Font)
• Node.js (for LSP servers and Copilot)
• Ripgrep (for grep functionality)
• LazyGit (optional, for git integration)
• LazyDocker (optional, for docker management)
• tmux (for splitting tabs)

🚀 Installation

Linux/macOS

# Backup your existing config (if any)
mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.backup

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/MannuVilasara/nvim.git ~/.config/nvim

# Start Neovim
nvim

Lazy.nvim will automatically install all plugins on first launch.

📦 Plugins

Plugins are organized into categories for better maintainability. See STRUCTURE.md for the complete organization guide.

Core

• lazy.nvim - Modern plugin manager
• plenary.nvim - Lua utility functions

UI & Appearance (lua/plugins/ui/)

• catppuccin - Beautiful color scheme with transparency support
• lualine.nvim - Customizable statusline with git, diagnostics, and OS info
• bufferline.nvim - Buffer/tab line with navigation shortcuts
• noice.nvim - Enhanced cmdline with centered popup and icons
• nvim-web-devicons - File icons everywhere
• nvim-colorizer.lua - Live color preview
• dressing.nvim - Better UI for input/select
• fidget.nvim - LSP progress notifications
• snacks.nvim - Dashboard with now playing and utilities

Editor (lua/plugins/editor/)

• nvim-treesitter - Better syntax highlighting and code understanding
• nvim-autopairs - Auto-close brackets and quotes
• comment.nvim - Smart commenting (gcc, gbc)
• which-key.nvim - Keybinding hints popup
• nvim-ufo - Smart code folding with treesitter
• nvim-tree.lua - File explorer sidebar
• oil.nvim - Edit filesystem like a buffer

LSP & Completion (lua/plugins/lsp/)

• nvim-lspconfig - Easy LSP server configurations
• nvim-cmp - Powerful completion engine
• cmp-nvim-lsp - LSP completion source
• cmp-buffer - Buffer word completion
• cmp-path - File path completion
• LuaSnip - Snippet engine
• cmp_luasnip - Snippet completion source
• none-ls.nvim - Formatting and linting
• conform.nvim - Fast code formatter

Tools (lua/plugins/tools/)

• copilot.lua - GitHub Copilot integration
• toggleterm.nvim - Terminal management
• lazydocker.nvim - Docker TUI integration
• vim-test - Test runner
• cord.nvim - Discord Rich Presence
• nvim-tmux-navigation - Seamless tmux/vim navigation
• rails.nvim - Ruby on Rails utilities
• markdown-preview.nvim - Live markdown preview
• swagger-preview.nvim - Swagger/OpenAPI preview

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⌨️ Key Bindings

General

• <leader> is set to Space

Dashboard (Snacks)

• f - Find File
• n - New File
• g - Find Text (Grep)
• r - Recent Files
• c - Open Config
• L - Lazy Plugin Manager
• q - Quit

Fuzzy Finding

• <C-p> - Find Files
• <leader><leader> - Recent Files
• <leader>fb - Buffers
• <leader>fg - Grep Files
• <leader>p - Command Palette
• <leader>fh - Help Pages
• <leader>fc - Colorschemes
• <leader>fk - Keymaps

File Explorer

• <leader>ee - Toggle Explorer

Buffer Navigation

• Tab - Next Buffer
• Shift+Tab - Previous Buffer
• <leader>bd - Delete Buffer
• <leader>bb - Pick Buffer
• <leader>b1-9 - Go to Buffer 1-9

Git

• <leader>lg - LazyGit
• <leader>gl - LazyGit Log (current file)

Scratch Buffer

• <leader>sf - Toggle Scratch Buffer
• <leader>S - Select Scratch Buffer

Code Folding (UFO)

• zR - Open all folds
• zM - Close all folds
• za - Toggle fold under cursor
• zj - Go to next fold
• zk - Go to previous fold

Fidget Notifications (Demo)

• <leader>na - Info notification
• <leader>nb - Warning notification
• <leader>nc - Notification with annotation
• <leader>np - Progress spinner demo

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🎨 Customization

Transparency Toggle

Edit lua/plugins/ui/catppuccin.lua and change:

local transparent = true -- Set to false to disable transparency

Changing Theme Variant

In lua/plugins/ui/catppuccin.lua, change the colorscheme command:

vim.cmd.colorscheme("catppuccin-mocha")  -- mocha, macchiato, frappe, or latte

Adding Plugins

Add new plugin files in the appropriate category:

• UI plugins → lua/plugins/ui/
• Editor plugins → lua/plugins/editor/
• LSP plugins → lua/plugins/lsp/
• Tools → lua/plugins/tools/

They will be automatically loaded by lazy.nvim.

Modifying Keybindings

• Core options: lua/core/options.lua (or lua/vim-options.lua if not migrated)
• Plugin-specific: Edit the individual plugin file

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📁 Project Structure

~/.config/nvim/
├── init.lua                    # Entry point with lazy.nvim setup
├── lazy-lock.json              # Plugin version lock file
├── STRUCTURE.md                # Organization guide
├── reorganize.sh               # Migration script
├── README.md                   # This file
│
├── lua/
│   ├── core/                   # Core configuration (optional, organized structure)
│   │   └── options.lua         # Vim options and settings
│   │
│   ├── vim-options.lua         # Vim options (legacy, can be migrated to core/)
│   ├── plugins.lua             # Lazy.nvim bootstrap
│   │
│   └── plugins/                # Plugin configurations (organized by category)
│       ├── ui/                 # UI & Appearance
│       │   ├── catppuccin.lua
│       │   ├── lualine.lua
│       │   ├── bufferline.lua
│       │   ├── noice.lua
│       │   ├── snacks.lua
│       │   ├── dressing.lua
│       │   ├── fidget.lua
│       │   └── nvim-colorizer.lua
│       │
│       ├── editor/             # Editor enhancements
│       │   ├── treesitter.lua
│       │   ├── autopairs.lua
│       │   ├── comment.lua
│       │   ├── which-key.lua
│       │   ├── ufo.lua
│       │   ├── nvim-tree.lua
│       │   └── oil.lua
│       │
│       ├── lsp/                # LSP & Completion
│       │   ├── lsp-config.lua
│       │   ├── completions.lua
│       │   ├── none-ls.lua
│       │   └── formatting.lua
│       │
│       ├── git/                # Git tools (future)
│       │
│       └── tools/              # Development tools
│           ├── copilot.lua
│           ├── toggleterm.lua
│           ├── lazydocker.lua
│           ├── vim-test.lua
│           ├── cord.lua
│           └── ...

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🔧 Troubleshooting

Plugins not installing

# Inside Neovim
:Lazy sync

LSP not working

# Inside Neovim
:LspInfo
:Mason

Treesitter errors

# Inside Neovim
:TSUpdate

💡 Tips

1. Health Check - Use :checkhealth to diagnose issues
2. Plugin Manager - Run :Lazy to manage plugins
3. LSP Servers - Use :Mason to install LSP servers, formatters, and linters
4. Keybinding Help - Press <leader> and wait to see available keybindings (which-key)
5. Transparency - Toggle in lua/plugins/ui/catppuccin.lua with one line
6. Now Playing - Dashboard shows your current song via playerctl (Spotify, VLC, etc.)
7. Command Palette - Press : for centered command palette with icons
8. Code Folding - Use za to toggle folds, zR/zM to open/close all

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🤝 Contributing

Feel free to fork this repository and customize it to your needs! Found a bug or have a suggestion? Open an issue!

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📝 License

MIT License - Feel free to use and modify as you wish.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

Thanks to the Neovim community and all plugin authors for their amazing work!

Special thanks to:

• folke - For lazy.nvim, noice.nvim, and snacks.nvim
• catppuccin - For the beautiful theme
• The entire Neovim community for making this possible

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⭐ Support

If this configuration helped you or inspired your setup, please consider:

• ⭐ Starring the repository - It really motivates me!
• 🍴 Forking and customizing - Make it your own
• 🐛 Reporting issues - Help improve it for everyone
• 💬 Sharing feedback - Let me know what you think

Star the repo if you found it helpful! It means a lot to me! ⭐

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Note: I use Arch btw 🐧