NixVim Configuration

Features

Key Plugins

The configuration integrates plugins I use daily as well as some nice-to-haves:

• UI Enhancements:

  • bufferline: Manage buffers with ease.
  • lualine: A status line with customizable themes (e.g., Catppuccin).
  • neo-tree: A modern file explorer.
  • noice: LSP and other message handling with a nicer UI.

• Development Utilities:

  • nvim-autopairs: Automatic pairing of brackets and quotes.
  • telescope: Fuzzy finder with powerful extensions.
  • treesitter: Syntax highlighting and code manipulation.
  • gitsigns: Git integration for version control.
  • trouble: A diagnostic and quickfix list.
  • cmp: Autocompletion framework with LSP and snippet support.

• Language-Specific Tools:

  • rustaceanvim: Rust-specific enhancements.
  • none-ls: Provides linters, formatters, and other sources.
  • lspsaga: Adds advanced LSP features like hover docs and outlines.

• Productivity:

  • obsidian: Integration with Obsidian for note-taking.
  • toggleterm: Built-in terminal management (I'd recommend using tmux instead).
  • transparent: Transparent UI.
  • direnv: Environment-aware configurations for project work.

Language Server Protocol (LSP) Support

The configuration supports language servers for various programming languages:

Notable LSPs: bashls, clangd, cmake, dockerls, jsonls, yaml, cssls, eslint, tailwindcss, pyright, gopls, rust-analyzer, kotlin_language_server, terraformls, tflint, nixd, zls.

Additional configurations are provided via treesitter for grammar parsing and none-ls for advanced diagnostics and formatting.

Note: There are examples of both plugins that are readily available from NixVim, and ones that are not yet in the repos.

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Usage Context

My development workflow involves using the following tools in pretty much all of my repositories while on NixOS or using Nix as a package manager on other distros:

• Devenv.nix: Simplified development environments.
• Direnv: Directory-based environment variable management.

Why NixVim?

The configuration includes only the libraries and plugins necessary to ensure self-sufficiency. You can start using the setup without worrying about external dependencies.

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Setup Instructions

• Clone the repository and run:

  git clone https://github.com/thegenem0/solnix-vim.git
  cd solnix-vim
  nix run .

• Alternatively, you can just run the flake directly:

  nix run github:thegenem0/solnix-vim

• On NixOS, you can add it to your flake inputs. An example of this can be found here.

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Acknowledgments

A huge thanks to Mikael Fangel for creating the original NixVim configuration that served as a base for this one

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License

This project is licensed under MIT License.