Vim plugins

Vim is extremely extensible, both using viml and python (if it is compiled into your version of vim). If you are looking for directions for creating your own plugins, See Writing Vim Plugins.

NOTE:

See vimrc for latest notes, plugins, and usage.

TODO:

organize these by vim vs neovim

Managing Plugins

Check if plugin is loaded

" check if a plugin is loaded
if &rtp =~ 'vim-airline,'
    echo "vim-airline plugin is loaded"
endif

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13710364/viml-checking-if-function-exists

Plugin Managers

VimPlugin: vim-plug	asynchronous plugin manager
VimPlugin: Vundle	plugin manager

General

VimPlugin: Ale	Language Agnostic Linter (lightweight)
VimPlugin: vim bookmarks	store bookmarks in codebase
VimPlugin: Cscope	Jump to Code (inverse of ctags)
VimPlugin: Ctags	Jump to Code
VimPlugin: Drawit	Draw ASCII diagrams
VimPlugin: EasyMotion	motions, without counting
VimPlugin: Fugitive	Git interface
VimPlugin: fzf.vim	search files
VimPlugin: GitGutter	marks each line in your git file based on if it is changed, added, removed from HEAD.
VimPlugin: gitlink-vim	yank commits, github-links to line
VimPlugin: indentLine	visual marks to show level of indentation
VimPlugin: indent-blankline	configurable indentation lines, and a highlighted scope indicator line
VimPlugin: NERDTree	File Manager
VimPlugin: QFEnter	open files from vim's quickfix window
VimPlugin: Simplenote.vim	Interact with Simplenote
VimPlugin: Speech	reads everything you type in a computerized voice (used while wisdom teeth were out)
VimPlugin: surround	Add/Change/Remove surrounding tags (ex. quotes, html-elements, ..)
VimPlugin: Syntastic	Language Agnostic Linter (heavy)
VimPlugin: Tabular	Automatically Align Indentation
VimPlugin: TagBar	Table Of Contents (requires ctags)
VimPlugin: Vim-Signature	Add and jump between marks within a file (in the sidebar)
VimPlugin: vim-dispatch	compile, run tests asynchronously from vim and integrate in quickfix
VimPlugin: VimChat	XMPP client
VimPlugin: dbext	execute SQL in vim buffer
VimPlugin: eclim	Integrate vim and eclipse
VimPlugin: incsearch	dynamic highlighting while you type in search
VimPlugin: tabman	overview of all tabs/splits, quickly jump to one
VimPlugin: tComment	Language agnostic shortcuts to quickly comment out large sections of text.
VimPlugin: ultisnips	insert snippets into source-files
VimPlugin: vim-dasht	show documentation, and autocomplete based on documentation
VimPlugin: vim-diminactive	dim inactive vim-splits
VimPlugin: vim-gnupg	read/write gpg encrypted files seamlessly (and securely) from vim
VimPlugin: vim-ipython	Run code within Ipython session from vim sourcecode
VimPlugin: vim-maximizer	toggle vim-split an fullscreen (like tmux)
VimPlugin: vim-matchup	highlight and jump between various language open/end syntax
VimPlugin: vim-over	dynamic highlighting/preview while you perform search/replaces
VimPlugin: vim-snipmate	viml snippets library
VimPlugin: vim-superman	coloured man-pages using vim
VimPlugin: vim-taskwarrior	taskwarrior interface within vim. much better than the official UI for it.
VimPlugin: vim-test	test runner for various languages
VimPlugin: visual-increment	multiline increment/deincrement numbers using ctrl+a/ctrl+x
VimPlugin: orgmode.nvim	neovim org mode plugin
VimPlugin: vim-orgmode	minimal org mode plugin for vim
VimPlugin: org.vim	minimal org mode plugin for vim
VimPlugin: vim-table-mode	spreadsheet like behaviour within vim
VimPlugin: vim-localvimrc	project-specific vimrc files
VimPlugin: lightline	lightweight powerline clone w/ api for hooking other plugin info
NvimPlugin: telescope	search various things, built overtop of fzf

Completion/LSP

VimPlugin: YouCompleteMe	Code-Completion
VimPlugin: deoplete	very fast autocompleter
VimPlugin: Coc.nvim	intellisense for neovim (refactor-rename, autocomplete, goto, find-references, ....)
VimPlugin: lsp	neovim's builtin lsp
VimPlugin: nvim-lspconfig	configs for neovim's builtin lsp
VimPlugin: nvim-lsp-installer	installs lsp providers
VimPlugin: mason	install lsp providers
VimPlugin: LanguageClient	autocomplete for vim (refactor-rename, autocomplete, goto, find-references, ...)
VimPlugin: vim-javacomplete2	fast autocompletion for java
VimPlugin: nvim-treesitter	autocomplete, syntax highlighting, much more
VimPlugin: vim-go	completion, debugging, builds, etc
nvim plug: nvim-ufo	syntax-highlighting within folds

Blogs/Tutorials
lsp comparison 2019	https://bluz71.github.io/2019/10/16/lsp-in-vim-with-the-lsc-plugin.html

Language Specific

VIML

vader	unittesting library for vim
covimerage	produces coverage.xml files from vader.vim

Python

VimPlugin: RopeVim	python refactoring
VimPlugin: vim-pyunit	view/run/toggle python unittests
VimPlugin: python-mode	MetaPackage, several of the most popular python extensions for vim
VimPlugin: SimpylFold	syntax based folding for python

Ruby/Rails

VimPlugin: vim-rails

syntax highlighting, and some functions

Java

VimPlugin: vim-maven-plugin

Interact with maven from vim

LaTex

VimPlugin: vimtex

Latex editor, previews

Syntax Highlighting

VimPlugin: Markdown-Syntax
VimPlugin: vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight
VimPlugin: vim-ledger
VimPlugin: typescript-vim
VimPlugin: vim-nix
VimPlugin: vim-tsx
VimPlugin: vim-graphql
VimPlugin: nvim-treesitter	autocomplete, syntax highlighting, much more
VimPlugin: python-syntax
VimPlugin: salt-vim	syntax highlighting for saltstack .sls files
VimPlugin: nginx.vim	syntax highlighting for nginx files
VimPlugin: vim-ps1	powershell syntax highlighting for vim

Folds

VimPlugin: FastFold
VimPlugin: vim-yaml-folds

Speech Coding

talon
F# plugin to control vim with speech	https://github.com/AshleyF/VimSpeak
voicecode plugin for vim	https://github.com/VoiceCode/vim