My Minimal Neovim Configuration (only 6 plugins)

plugins

Over the past few years I’ve experimented with many different Neovim setups—some bloated with hundreds of plugins and some stripped down to the essentials. Recently, I decided to embrace minimalism and build a configuration that does exactly what I need, no more and no less. In this post, I’ll share my setup that uses just six plugins to supercharge Neovim without overwhelming it.

Plugins

  1. lazy.nvim: a modern plugin manager for Neovim
  2. nvim-treesitter: A simple and easy way to use the interface for tree-sitter in Neovim and to provide some basic functionality such as highlighting based on it.
  3. nvim-lspconfig: default Nvim LSP client configurations for various LSP servers.
  4. mason.nvim: Portable package manager for Neovim that runs everywhere Neovim runs. Easily install and manage LSP servers, DAP servers, linters, and formatters.
  5. mason-lspconfig.nvim: Extension to mason.nvim that makes it easier to use lspconfig with mason.nvim.
  6. mini.nvim: Library of 40+ independent Lua modules improving overall Neovim experience with minimal effort.

Why Minimalism?

For me, less is more.

  1. Ease of Maintenance: When you’re only managing a handful of plugins, troubleshooting and updates become much simpler.
  2. Focused Workflow: By carefully choosing the tools that genuinely enhance productivity, I keep distractions to a minimum and my development environment lean and purposeful.

plugins

mini.nvim

The key to keeping my configuration so minimal is mini.nvim. By offering 40+ independent Lua modules in one package, mini.nvim replaces many specialized plugins that you might otherwise need. This means I can achieve a robust, feature-rich Neovim experience with just a handful of plugins, allowing for a cleaner, faster, and easier-to-maintain setup.

Thanks Evgeni Chasnovski for this amazing plugin!!

Here is the modules that I use:

  1. mini.icons
  2. mini.statusline
  3. mini.notify
  4. mini.surround
  5. mini.ai
  6. mini.git
  7. mini.diff
  8. mini.jump
  9. mini.splitjoin
  10. mini.move
  11. mini.bufremove
  12. mini.pick
  13. mini.extra
  14. mini.completion
  15. mini.snippets
  16. mini.files

Repo

Here is the Repo of my Neovim Configuration