The best nui.nvim alternatives

Comment.nvim

numToStr/Comment.nvim

:brain: :muscle: // Smart and powerful comment plugin for neovim. Supports treesitter, dot repeat, left-right/up-down motions, hooks, and more

Choose Comment.nvim if…

• you want the more widely starred option (4.7k)
• you specifically need comment or comment-plugin

Shares lua, neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim with nui.nvim.

opencode.nvim

nickjvandyke/opencode.nvim

Neovim 🤝 OpenCode in the flow that you already know.

Choose opencode.nvim if…

• you want the more widely starred option (3.9k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need ai or ai-agents

Shares lua, neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim with nui.nvim.

A Neovim plugin enabling you to solve LeetCode problems.

Choose leetcode.nvim if…

• you specifically need leetcode or leetcode-neovim

Shares lua, neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim with nui.nvim.

kulala.nvim

mistweaverco/kulala.nvim

A fully-featured ⚡️ HTTP/GraphQL/gRPC/Websocket-client 🐼 interface 🖥️ for Neovim ❤️, that supports the Jetbrains .http spec (with full scripting support).

Choose kulala.nvim if…

• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need cli or curl

Shares lua, neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim with nui.nvim.

vim-sneak

justinmk/vim-sneak

The missing motion for Vim :athletic_shoe:

Choose vim-sneak if…

• you would rather work in Vim Script than Lua
• you want the more widely starred option (3.5k)
• you specifically need motion or navigation

Shares neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim with nui.nvim.

smear-cursor.nvim

sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim

🌠 Neovim plugin to animate the cursor with a smear effect in all terminals

Choose smear-cursor.nvim if…

• GNU General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need animation or cursor

Shares neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim with nui.nvim.

nvim-lspconfig

neovim/nvim-lspconfig

Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

Choose nvim-lspconfig if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (14.0k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need language-server or language-server-protocol

Shares neovim, nvim with nui.nvim.

codecompanion.nvim

olimorris/codecompanion.nvim

✨ AI Coding, Vim Style

Choose codecompanion.nvim if…

• Apache License 2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (6.9k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need acp or agent

Shares neovim, nvim with nui.nvim.

neo-tree.nvim

nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim

Neovim plugin to manage the file system and other tree like structures.

Choose neo-tree.nvim if…

• you want the more widely starred option (5.6k)
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need file-explorer or plugin

Shares lua, neovim with nui.nvim.

toggleterm.nvim

akinsho/toggleterm.nvim

A neovim lua plugin to help easily manage multiple terminal windows

Choose toggleterm.nvim if…

• GNU General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more widely starred option (5.6k)
• you specifically need plugin or terminal

Shares lua, neovim with nui.nvim.

rustaceanvim

mrcjkb/rustaceanvim

🦀 Supercharge your Rust experience in Neovim! A heavily modified fork of rust-tools.nvim

Choose rustaceanvim if…

• GNU General Public License v2.0 suits your use better than MIT License
• you want the more recently updated codebase
• you specifically need dap or debug-adapter-protocol

Shares neovim, nvim with nui.nvim.

lazygit.nvim

kdheepak/lazygit.nvim

Plugin for calling lazygit from within neovim.

Choose lazygit.nvim if…

• you specifically need lazygit or plugin

Shares lua, neovim with nui.nvim.