line-numbers.nvim

A Neovim plugin to display both relative and absolute line numbers side-by-side using the statuscolumn feature (requires Neovim 0.9+).

✨ Features

• Show relative, absolute, both, or no line numbers
• Configurable format (abs_rel or rel_abs)
• Custom separator between numbers
• Highlight groups for styling relative and absolute numbers
• Current line highlighting for styling the numbers on the cursor line
• Lightweight and Lua-only

⚡️ Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.9.0
• lazy.nvim plugin manager
  • OR a plugin manager that uses Neovim's native package system

📦 Installation

With lazy.nvim:

{
  "shrynx/line-numbers.nvim",
  opts = {},
}

With packer.nvim:

use({
  "shrynx/line-numbers.nvim",
  config = function()
    require("line-numbers").setup({})
  end
})

⚙️ Options

All the options are optional and below are the defaults.

{
  mode = "both",      -- "relative", "absolute", "both", "none"
  format = "abs_rel", -- or "rel_abs"
  separator = " ",
  rel_highlight = { link = "LineNr" },
  abs_highlight = { link = "LineNr" },
  current_rel_highlight = { link = "CursorLineNr" },
  current_abs_highlight = { link = "CursorLineNr" },
}

🔀 Commands

• :LineNumberToggle
• :LineNumberRelative
• :LineNumberAbsolute
• :LineNumberBoth
• :LineNumberNone

📚 Help

After installation, run:

:helptags ~/.local/share/nvim/lazy/line-numbers.nvim/doc

:help line-numbers