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Life & fun · September 10, 2021

LunarVim – An opinionated, extensible, and fast IDE layer for Neovim

An IDE layer for Neovim with sane defaults. Completely free and community driven.

LunarVim – An opinionated, extensible, and fast IDE layer for Neovim launched on September 10, 2021 with 93 votes, #504 of 2,941 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

LunarVim is an IDE layer built on top of Neovim that provides a pre-configured development environment. It offers opinionated defaults for developers who want a faster setup without extensive customization, while remaining extensible for those who need to tailor it further. The project targets Neovim users seeking an integrated development experience with performance optimization out of the box.

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An IDE layer for Neovim with sane defaults. Completely free and community driven. LunarVim ships with a sane default config for you to build on top of. Features include autocompletion, integrated terminal, file explorer, fuzzy finder, LSP, linting, formatting and debugging. Just because LunarVim has an opinion doesn't mean you need to share it. Every builtin plugin can be toggled on or off in the config.lua file. This is the place to add your own plugins, keymaps, autocommands, leader bindings and all other custom settings. LunarVim lazyloads plugins wherever possible to maximize speed. Disabled plugins also will not decrease speed due to the plugin list being compiled with only the active…from lunarvim.org

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