lazy.nvim/doc/lazy.nvim.txt

*lazy.nvim.txt*        For Neovim >= 0.8.0       Last change: 2022 December 22

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Table of Contents                                *lazy.nvim-table-of-contents*

1. lazy.nvim                                             |lazy.nvim-lazy.nvim|
  - Features                                              |lazy.nvim-features|
  - Requirements                                      |lazy.nvim-requirements|
  - Installation                                      |lazy.nvim-installation|
  - Plugin Spec                                        |lazy.nvim-plugin-spec|
  - Configuration                                    |lazy.nvim-configuration|
  - Usage                                                    |lazy.nvim-usage|
  - Lockfile `lazy-lock.json`            |lazy.nvim-lockfile-`lazy-lock.json`|
  - Performance                                        |lazy.nvim-performance|
  - 🪲 Debug                                          |lazy.nvim-🪲-debug|
  - Startup Sequence                              |lazy.nvim-startup-sequence|
  - Structuring Your Plugins              |lazy.nvim-structuring-your-plugins|
  - Migration Guide                                |lazy.nvim-migration-guide|
  - Uninstalling                                      |lazy.nvim-uninstalling|
  - Other Neovim Plugin Managers in Lua|lazy.nvim-other-neovim-plugin-managers-in-lua|

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1. lazy.nvim                                             *lazy.nvim-lazy.nvim*

**lazy.nvim** is a modern plugin manager for Neovim.

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FEATURES                                                  *lazy.nvim-features*


- Manage all your Neovim plugins with a powerful UI
- Fast startup times thanks to automatic caching and bytecode compilation of lua modules
- Partial clones instead of shallow clones
- Automatic lazy-loading of lua modules and lazy-loading on events, commands, filetypes, and key mappings
- Automatically install missing plugins before starting up Neovim, allowing you to start using it right away
- Async execution for improved performance
- No need to manually compile plugins
- Correct sequencing of dependencies
- Configurable in multiple files
- Generates helptags of the headings in `README.md` files for plugins that don’t have vimdocs
- Dev options and patterns for using local plugins
- Profiling tools to optimize performance
- Lockfile `lazy-lock.json` to keep track of installed plugins
- Automatically check for updates
- Commit, branch, tag, version, and full Semver <https://devhints.io/semver> support
- Statusline component to see the number of pending updates


REQUIREMENTS                                          *lazy.nvim-requirements*


- Neovim >= **0.8.0** (needs to be built with **LuaJIT**)
- Git >= **2.19.0** (for partial clones support)
- a Nerd Font <https://www.nerdfonts.com/> **_(optional)_**


INSTALLATION                                          *lazy.nvim-installation*

You can add the following Lua code to your `init.lua` to bootstrap
**lazy.nvim**

>lua
    local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
    if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
      vim.fn.system({
        "git",
        "clone",
        "--filter=blob:none",
        "--single-branch",
        "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git",
        lazypath,
      })
    end
    vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend(lazypath)
<


Next step is to add **lazy.nvim** to the top of your `init.lua`

>lua
    require("lazy").setup(plugins, opts)
<



- **plugins**: this should be a `table` or a `string`
    - `table`: a list with your |lazy.nvim-plugin-spec|
    - `string`: a Lua module name that contains your |lazy.nvim-plugin-spec|. See |lazy.nvim-structuring-your-plugins|
- **opts**: see |lazy.nvim-configuration| **_(optional)_**


>lua
    -- example using a list of specs with the default options
    vim.g.mapleader = " " -- make sure to set `mapleader` before lazy so your mappings are correct
    
    require("lazy").setup({
      "folke/which-key.nvim",
      { "folke/neoconf.nvim", cmd = "Neoconf" },
      "folke/neodev.nvim",
    })
<


It is recommended to run `:checkhealth lazy` after installation

PLUGIN SPEC                                            *lazy.nvim-plugin-spec*

│    Property    │              Type               │                                                                                           Description                                                                                           │
│[1]             │string?                          │Short plugin url. Will be expanded using config.git.url_format                                                                                                                                   │
│**dir**         │string?                          │A directory pointing to a local plugin                                                                                                                                                           │
│**url**         │string?                          │A custom git url where the plugin is hosted                                                                                                                                                      │
│**name**        │string?                          │A custom name for the plugin used for the local plugin directory and as the display name                                                                                                         │
│**dev**         │boolean?                         │When true, a local plugin directory will be used instead. See config.dev                                                                                                                         │
│**lazy**        │boolean?                         │When true, the plugin will only be loaded when needed. Lazy-loaded plugins are automatically loaded when their lua modules are required, or when one of the laz-loading handlers triggers        │
│**enabled**     │boolean? or fun():boolean        │When false, or if the function returns false, then this plugin will not be used                                                                                                                  │
│**dependencies**│LazySpec[]                       │A list of plugin specs that should be loaded when the plugin loads. Dependencies are always lazy-loaded unless specified otherwise                                                               │
│**init**        │fun(LazyPlugin)                  │init functions are always executed during startup                                                                                                                                                │
│**config**      │fun(LazyPlugin)                  │config is executed when the plugin loads                                                                                                                                                         │
│**build**       │fun(LazyPlugin)                  │build is executed when a plugin is installed or updated                                                                                                                                          │
│**branch**      │string?                          │Branch of the repository                                                                                                                                                                         │
│**tag**         │string?                          │Tag of the repository                                                                                                                                                                            │
│**commit**      │string?                          │Commit of the repository                                                                                                                                                                         │
│**version**     │string?                          │Version to use from the repository. Full Semver <https://devhints.io/semver> ranges are supported                                                                                                │
│**pin**         │boolean?                         │When true, this plugin will not be included in updates                                                                                                                                           │
│**event**       │string? or string[]              │Lazy-load on event                                                                                                                                                                               │
│**cmd**         │string? or string[]              │Lazy-load on command                                                                                                                                                                             │
│**ft**          │string? or string[]              │Lazy-load on filetype                                                                                                                                                                            │
│**keys**        │string? or string[]              │Lazy-load on key mapping                                                                                                                                                                         │
│**module**      │false?                           │Do not automatically load this lua module when it’s required somewhere                                                                                                                         │


LAZY LOADING ~

**lazy.nvim** automagically lazy-loads Lua modules, so it is not needed to
specify `module=...` everywhere in your plugin specification. This mean that if
you have a plugin `A` that is lazy-loaded and a plugin `B` that requires a
module of plugin `A`, then plugin `A` will be loaded on demand as expected.

If you don’t want this behavior for a certain plugin, you can specify that
with `module=false`. You can then manually load the plugin with `:Lazy load
foobar.nvim`.

You can configure **lazy.nvim** to lazy-load all plugins by default with
`config.defaults.lazy = true`.

Additionally, you can also lazy-load on **events**, **commands**, **file
types** and **key mappings**.

Plugins will be lazy-loaded when one of the following is `true`:


- the plugin only exists as a dependency in your spec
- it has an `event`, `cmd`, `ft` or `keys` key
- it defines an `init` method
- `config.defaults.lazy == true`


VERSIONING ~

If you want to install a specific revision of a plugin, you can use `commit`,
`tag`, `branch`, `version`.

The `version` property supports Semver <https://semver.org/> ranges.

Click to see some examples


- :latest stable version (this excludes pre-release versions)
- `1.2.x`: any version that starts with `1.2`, such as `1.2.0`, `1.2.3`, etc.
- `^1.2.3`: any version that is compatible with `1.2.3`, such as `1.3.0`, `1.4.5`, etc., but not `2.0.0`.
- `~1.2.3`: any version that is compatible with `1.2.3`, such as `1.2.4`, `1.2.5`, but not `1.3.0`.
- `>1.2.3`: any version that is greater than `1.2.3`, such as `1.3.0`, `1.4.5`, etc.
- `>=1.2.3`: any version that is greater than or equal to `1.2.3`, such as `1.2.3`, `1.3.0`, `1.4.5`, etc.
- `<1.2.3`: any version that is less than `1.2.3`, such as `1.1.0`, `1.0.5`, etc.
- `<=1.2.3`: any version that is less than or equal to `1.2.3`, such as `1.2.3`, `1.1.0`, `1.0.5`, etc


You can set `config.defaults.version = ""` to install the latest stable version
of plugins that support Semver.

EXAMPLES ~

>lua
    return {
      -- the colorscheme should be available when starting Neovim
      "folke/tokyonight.nvim",
    
      -- I have a separate config.mappings file where I require which-key.
      -- With lazy the plugin will be automatically loaded when it is required somewhere
      { "folke/which-key.nvim", lazy = true },
    
      {
        "nvim-neorg/neorg",
        -- lazy-load on filetype
        ft = "norg",
        -- custom config that will be executed when loading the plugin
        config = function()
          require("neorg").setup()
        end,
      },
    
      {
        "dstein64/vim-startuptime",
        -- lazy-load on a command
        cmd = "StartupTime",
      },
    
      {
        "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
        -- load cmp on InsertEnter
        event = "InsertEnter",
        -- these dependencies will only be loaded when cmp loads
        -- dependencies are always lazy-loaded unless specified otherwise
        dependencies = {
          "hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp",
          "hrsh7th/cmp-buffer",
        },
        config = function()
          -- ...
        end,
      },
    
      -- you can use the VeryLazy event for things that can
      -- load later and are not important for the initial UI
      { "stevearc/dressing.nvim", event = "VeryLazy" },
    
      {
        "cshuaimin/ssr.nvim",
        -- init is always executed during startup, but doesn't load the plugin yet.
        -- init implies lazy loading
        init = function()
          vim.keymap.set({ "n", "x" }, "<leader>cR", function()
            -- this require will automatically load the plugin
            require("ssr").open()
          end, { desc = "Structural Replace" })
        end,
      },
    
      {
        "monaqa/dial.nvim",
        -- lazy-load on keys
        keys = { "<C-a>", "<C-x>" },
      },
    
      -- local plugins need to be explicitly configured with dir
      { dir = "~/projects/secret.nvim" },
    
      -- you can use a custom url to fetch a plugin
      { url = "git@github.com:folke/noice.nvim.git" },
    
      -- local plugins can also be configure with the dev option.
      -- This will use {config.dev.path}/noice.nvim/ instead of fetching it from Github
      -- With the dev option, you can easily switch between the local and installed version of a plugin
      { "folke/noice.nvim", dev = true },
    }
<


CONFIGURATION                                        *lazy.nvim-configuration*

**lazy.nvim** comes with the following defaults:

>lua
    {
      root = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy", -- directory where plugins will be installed
      defaults = {
        lazy = false, -- should plugins be lazy-loaded?
        version = nil,
        -- version = "", -- enable this to try installing the latest stable versions of plugins
      },
      lockfile = vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/lazy-lock.json", -- lockfile generated after running update.
      concurrency = nil, ---@type number limit the maximum amount of concurrent tasks
      git = {
        -- defaults for the `Lazy log` command
        -- log = { "-10" }, -- show the last 10 commits
        log = { "--since=3 days ago" }, -- show commits from the last 3 days
        timeout = 120, -- kill processes that take more than 2 minutes
        url_format = "https://github.com/%s.git",
      },
      dev = {
        -- directory where you store your local plugin projects
        path = "~/projects",
        ---@type string[] plugins that match these patterns will use your local versions instead of being fetched from GitHub
        patterns = {}, -- For example {"folke"}
      },
      install = {
        -- install missing plugins on startup. This doesn't increase startup time.
        missing = true,
        -- try to load one of these colorschemes when starting an installation during startup
        colorscheme = { "habamax" },
      },
      ui = {
        -- a number <1 is a percentage., >1 is a fixed size
        size = { width = 0.8, height = 0.8 },
        -- The border to use for the UI window. Accepts same border values as |nvim_open_win()|.
        border = "none",
        icons = {
          cmd = " ",
          config = "",
          event = "",
          ft = " ",
          init = " ",
          keys = " ",
          plugin = " ",
          runtime = " ",
          source = " ",
          start = "",
          task = " ",
        },
        throttle = 20, -- how frequently should the ui process render events
      },
      checker = {
        -- automatically check for plugin updates
        enabled = false,
        concurrency = nil, ---@type number? set to 1 to check for updates very slowly
        notify = true, -- get a notification when new updates are found
        frequency = 3600, -- check for updates every hour
      },
      change_detection = {
        -- automatically check for config file changes and reload the ui
        enabled = true,
        notify = true, -- get a notification when changes are found
      },
      performance = {
        cache = {
          enabled = true,
          path = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/cache",
          -- Once one of the following events triggers, caching will be disabled.
          -- To cache all modules, set this to `{}`, but that is not recommended.
          -- The default is to disable on:
          --   VimEnter: not useful to cache anything else beyond startup
          --   BufReadPre: this will be triggered early when opening a file from the command line directly
          disable_events = { "VimEnter", "BufReadPre" },
        },
        reset_packpath = true, -- reset the package path to improve startup time
        rtp = {
          reset = true, -- reset the runtime path to $VIMRUNTIME and your config directory
          ---@type string[]
          paths = {}, -- add any custom paths here that you want to indluce in the rtp
          ---@type string[] list any plugins you want to disable here
          disabled_plugins = {
            -- "gzip",
            -- "matchit",
            -- "matchparen",
            -- "netrwPlugin",
            -- "tarPlugin",
            -- "tohtml",
            -- "tutor",
            -- "zipPlugin",
          },
        },
      },
      -- lazy can generate helptags from the headings in markdown readme files,
      -- so :help works even for plugins that don't have vim docs.
      -- when the readme opens with :help it will be correctly displayed as markdown
      readme = {
        root = vim.fn.stdpath("state") .. "/lazy/readme",
        files = { "README.md" },
        -- only generate markdown helptags for plugins that dont have docs
        skip_if_doc_exists = true,
      },
    }
<


If you don’t want to use a Nerd Font, you can replace the icons with Unicode symbols.

>lua
    {
      ui = {
        icons = {
          cmd = "⌘",
          config = "",
          event = "",
          ft = "",
          init = "",
          keys = "",
          plugin = "",
          runtime = "",
          source = "",
          start = "",
          task = "",
        },
      },
    }
<


USAGE                                                        *lazy.nvim-usage*

Plugins are managed with the `:Lazy` command. Open the help with `<?>` to see
all the key mappings.

You can press `<CR>` on a plugin to show its details. Most properties can be
hovered with `<K>` to open links, help files, readmes, git commits and git
issues.

Lazy can automatically check for updates in the background. This feature can be
enabled with `config.checker.enabled = true`.

Any operation can be started from the UI, with a sub command or an API
function:

│          Command          │               Lua                │                                           Description                                           │
│:Lazy check [plugins]      │require("lazy").check(opts?)      │Check for updates and show the log (git fetch)                                                   │
│:Lazy clean [plugins]      │require("lazy").clean(opts?)      │Clean plugins that are no longer needed                                                          │
│:Lazy clear                │require("lazy").clear()           │Clear finished tasks                                                                             │
│:Lazy debug                │require("lazy").debug()           │Show debug information                                                                           │
│:Lazy help                 │require("lazy").help()            │Toggle this help page                                                                            │
│:Lazy home                 │require("lazy").home()            │Go back to plugin list                                                                           │
│:Lazy install [plugins]    │require("lazy").install(opts?)    │Install missing plugins                                                                          │
│:Lazy load {plugins}       │require("lazy").load(opts)        │Load a plugin that has not been loaded yet. Similar to :packadd. Like :Lazy load foo.nvim        │
│:Lazy log [plugins]        │require("lazy").log(opts?)        │Show recent updates for all plugins                                                              │
│:Lazy profile              │require("lazy").profile()         │Show detailed profiling                                                                          │
│:Lazy restore [plugins]    │require("lazy").restore(opts?)    │Updates all plugins to the state in the lockfile                                                 │
│:Lazy sync [plugins]       │require("lazy").sync(opts?)       │Run install, clean and update                                                                    │
│:Lazy update [plugins]     │require("lazy").update(opts?)     │Update all plugins. This will also update the lockfile                                           │


Any command can have a **bang** to make the command wait till it finished. For
example, if you want to sync lazy from the cmdline, you can use:

>lua
    $ nvim --headless "+Lazy! sync" +qa
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`opts` is a table with the following key-values:


- **wait**: when true, then the call will wait till the operation completed
- **show**: when false, the UI will not be shown
- **plugins**: a list of plugin names to run the operation on
- **concurrency**: limit the `number` of concurrently running tasks


If you want to display the number of plugins on your dashboard, you can use
this simple API:

>lua
    local plugins = require("lazy").stats().count
<


**lazy.nvim** provides a statusline component that you can use to show the
number of pending updates. Make sure to enable `config.checker.enabled = true`
to make this work.

Example of configuring <a href="https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim">lualine.nvim</a>

>lua
    require("lualine").setup({
      sections = {
        lualine_x = {
          {
            require("lazy.status").updates,
            cond = require("lazy.status").has_updates,
            color = { fg = "ff9e64" },
          },
        },
      },
    })
<


LOCKFILE `LAZY-LOCK.JSON`                *lazy.nvim-lockfile-`lazy-lock.json`*

After every **update**, the local lockfile is updated with the installed
revisions. It is recommended to have this file under version control.

If you use your Neovim config on multiple machines, using the lockfile, you can
ensure that the same version of every plugin is installed.

On the other machine, you can do `Lazy restore`, to update all your plugins to
the version from the lockfile

PERFORMANCE                                            *lazy.nvim-performance*

Great care has been taken to make the startup code (`lazy.core`) as efficient
as possible. During startup, all lua files used before `VimEnter` or
`BufReadPre` are byte-compiled and cached, similar to what impatient.nvim
<https://github.com/lewis6991/impatient.nvim> does.

My config for example loads in about `11ms` with `93` plugins. I do a lot of
lazy-loading though :)

**lazy.nvim** comes with an advanced profiler `:Lazy profile` to help you
improve performance. The profiling view shows you why and how long it took to
load your plugins.

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🪲 DEBUG                                              *lazy.nvim-🪲-debug*

See an overview of active lazy-loading handlers and what’s in the module
cache

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STARTUP SEQUENCE                                  *lazy.nvim-startup-sequence*

**lazy.nvim** does **NOT** use Neovim packages and even disables plugin loading
completely (`vim.go.loadplugins = false`). It takes over the complete startup
sequence for more flexibility and better performance.

In practice this means that step 10 of |Neovim Initialization| is done by Lazy:


1. all plugins with `lazy=false` are loaded. This includes sourcing `/plugin` and `/ftdetect` files. (`/after` will not be sourced yet)
2. all files from `/plugin` and `/ftdetect` directories in you rtp are sourced (excluding `/after`)
3. all `/after/plugin` files are sourced (this inludes `/after` from plugins)
4. all the plugins’ `init()` functions are executed


Files from runtime directories are always sourced in alphabetical order.

STRUCTURING YOUR PLUGINS                  *lazy.nvim-structuring-your-plugins*

Some users may want to split their plugin specs in multiple files. Instead of
passing a spec table to `setup()`, you can use a lua module. The specs from the
**module** and any **sub-modules** will be merged together in the final spec,
so it is not needed to add `require` calls in your main plugin file to the
other files.

The benefits of using this approach:


- simple to **add** new plugin specs. Just create a new file in your plugins module.
- allows for **caching** of all your plugin specs. This becomes important if you have a lot of smaller plugin specs.
- spec changes will automatically be **reloaded** when they’re updated, so the `:Lazy` UI is always up to date


Example:


- `~/.config/nvim/init.lua`


>lua
    require("lazy").setup("plugins")
<



- `~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins.lua` or `~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua` **_(this file is optional)_**


>lua
    return {
      "folke/neodev.nvim",
        "folke/which-key.nvim",
        { "folke/neoconf.nvim", cmd = "Neoconf" },
    }
<



- any lua file in `~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/.lua` will be automatically merged in the main plugin spec


For a real-life example, you can check my personal dots:


- init.lua <https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/master/config/nvim/init.lua> where I require `config.lazy`
- config.lazy <https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/master/config/nvim/lua/config/lazy.lua> where I bootstrap and setup **lazy.nvim**
- config.plugins <https://github.com/folke/dot/blob/master/config/nvim/lua/config/plugins.lua> is my main plugin config module
- Any submodule of config.plugins (submodules) <https://github.com/folke/dot/tree/master/config/nvim/lua/config/plugins> will be automatically loaded as well.


MIGRATION GUIDE                                    *lazy.nvim-migration-guide*

PACKER.NVIM <HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/WBTHOMASON/PACKER.NVIM> ~


- `setup` `init`
- `requires` `dependencies`
- `as` `name`
- `opt` `lazy`
- `run` `build`
- `lock` `pin`
- `module` is auto-loaded. No need to specify


PAQ-NVIM <HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/SAVQ/PAQ-NVIM> ~


- `as` `name`
- `opt` `lazy`
- `run` `build`


UNINSTALLING                                          *lazy.nvim-uninstalling*

To uninstall **lazy.nvim**, you need to remove the following files and
directories:


- **data**: `~/.local/share/nvim/lazy`
- **state**: `~/.local/state/nvim/lazy`
- **lockfile**: `~/.config/nvim/lazy-lock.json`



  paths can differ if you changed `XDG` environment variables.


OTHER NEOVIM PLUGIN MANAGERS IN LUA*lazy.nvim-other-neovim-plugin-managers-in-lua*


- packer.nvim <https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim>
- paq-nvim <https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim>
- neopm <https://github.com/ii14/neopm>
- dep <https://github.com/chiyadev/dep>
- optpack.nvim <https://github.com/notomo/optpack.nvim>
- pact.nvim <https://github.com/rktjmp/pact.nvim>


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