VIM-tips

Plugin Manager

• pathogen - Manage your runtimepath with ease.
• vim-plug - Minimalist Vim Plugin Manager.
• Vundle - Plug-in manager for Vim.
• neobundle - Next generation Vim package manager. (stop developement)
• dein.vim - Dark powered Vim/Neovim plugin manager.

Version Control

• vim-fugitive - Use git command in VIM.
• vimagit - From a very single vim buffer, you can perform main git operations in few key press.
• gina - Asynchronously control git repositories in Neovim/Vim 8

VCS side column indicator

• vim-gitgutter - It shows a git diff in the gutter (sign column) and stages/undoes hunks.
• vim-signify - Similar to vim-gitgutter, supports more VCS tools, but missing several git-specific features.
• changesPlugin - Similar to vim-gitgutter, supports more VCS tools, but missing several git-specific features.

Stauts/tabline

• vim-airline - Lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air.
• powerline - Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome, i3 and Qtile.
• lightline - A light and configurable statusline/tabline for Vim.

Recovery

• Recover.vim - A Plugin to show a diff, whenever recovering a buffer.

Session file utilities

• vim-obsession - continuously updated session files.
• vim-prosession - Handle vim sessions like a pro.

File Manager

• nerdtree - The NERD tree allows you to explore your filesystem and to open files and directories.
• nerdtree-git-plugin - A plugin of NERDTree showing git status.
• v - Open recently edited files, no matter where you are in the filesystem.
• defx - The dark powered file explorer implementation
• defx-git - Git status implementation for defx

Filetype Plugins

• csv.vim - A Filetype plugin for csv files.
• vim-json - A better JSON for Vim.

File Searcher

• ctrlp - Full path fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, ... finder for Vim.
• ack.vim - Keywords search tool from Vim, with an enhanced results list.
• fzf.vim - Integrated fzf with Vim. (Required: fzf - General-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.)
• denite.nvim - Search files, buffers, commands, and more.

Grep/Ack/Ag pattern search tools

• ack.vim - Keywords search tool from Vim, with an enhanced results list.
• ag.vim - Vim plugin for the_silver_searcher, ag, a replacement for the Perl module / CLI script ack.
• vim-grepper - Helps you win at grep, supports many common grep tools (ag, ack, git grep, sift, pt, findstr).

Integration with Other Applications

• w3m.vim - w3m (a console-based web browser) plugin for vim.
• gist-vim - This is a vimscript for creating gists
• Tmux relatives.
  • tmuxline.vim - Simple tmux statusline generator with support for powerline symbols and statusline / airline / lightline integration.
  • vim-tbone - Tmux basics.
  • vim-tmux-focus-events - Make terminal vim and tmux work better together.
  • vim-tmux-navigator - Seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits.

Malware Analysis

• FileInsight-plugins - Tiny plugins for McAfee FileInsight hex editor useful for various kind of decoding tasks in malware analysis.

Navigation

• vim-multiple-cursors - Sublime Text style multiple selections for Vim.
• incsearch.vim - Improved incremental searching for Vim.
• vim-signature - A plugin to place, toggle and display marks.
• wildfire.vim - Quickly select the closest text object among a group of candidates.
• vim-movie - Move lines and selections up and down.
• matchit.zip - extended % matching for HTML, LaTeX, and many other languages
• Motion
  • vim-easymotion - EasyMotion provides a much simpler way to use some motions in vim.
  • vim-sneak - The missing motion for Vim.
  • quick-scope - Lightning fast left-right movement in Vim.
  • clever-f.vim - Extended f, F, t and T key mappings for Vim.

Man page viewers

• vim-man - View and grep man pages in vim.
• neoman.vim - A modern man page plugin for vim.

Text objects

• vim-textobj-user - General purpose text objects "table".
• textobj-word-column.vim - Adds text-objects for word-based columns in Vim.

Programming

• Autoformat
  • vim-autoformat - Provide easy code formatting in Vim by integrating existing code formatters.
  • vim-codefmt - Yet another code formatter.
• Autocomplete
  • neocomplete - Provides keyword completion system by cache in the current buffer.
  • delimitMate - Provides insert mode auto-completion for quotes, parens, brackets, etc.
  • auto-pairs - Insert or delete brackets, parens, quotes in pair.
  • vim-autocomplpop - Automatic trigger complete popup menu
  • deoplete - https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim
• Comment out lines
  • nerdcommentor - Powerful and easy to use comment tools.
  • tComment - TComment works like a toggle, i.e., it will comment out text that contains uncommented lines, and it will uncomment already commented text.
  • vim-commentary - Comment stuff out.
• Code Snipes
  • snipMate - SnipMate aims to provide support for textual snippets, similar to TextMate or other Vim plugins like UltiSnips.
  • ultisnips - Snippet solution for Vim.
  • neosnippet.vim - Using snippets without memorizing them.
• Documentation
  • DoxygenToolkit.vim - Simplify Doxygen documentation in C, C++, Python.
• Error Checking
  • ale - Asynchronous Lint Engine.
  • syntastic - Syntax checking hacks for vim.
  • vim-trailing-whitespace - Highlights trailing whitespace in red and provides :FixWhitespace to fix it.
  • vim-watchdogs - Async syntax checking for vim, support multi-language.
  • vim-troll-stopper - Stop Unicode trolls from messing with your code.
• Indention
  • indentline - A vim plugin to display the indention levels with thin vertical lines.
• Line Number Toggling
  • togglenumber - Easy toggle between different numbering modes.
  • vim-togglenumber - easy toggle between different number modes in vim.
• Refactoring
  • vim-multiple-cursors - It's great for quick refactoring.
• Surroundings
  • vim-surround - The plugin provides mappings to easily delete, change and add such surroundings in pairs.
  • vim-operator-surround - Vim operator mapping to enclose text objects with surrounds like paren, quote and so on.
  • vim-sandwich - The set of operator and textobject plugins to search/select/edit sandwiched textobjects.
• Tag display
  • taglist.vim - Source code browser. (supports C/C++, java, perl, python, tcl, sql, php, etc)
  • tagbar - A class outline viewer for Vim.
• Undo
  • gundo.vim - Graph your Vim undo tree in style.
• Skeleton for new files
  • vim-template - Simple templates plugin for Vim.

ToDo-List

• vim-simple-todo

Buffer/Tab

• minibufexpl - Elegant buffer explorer - takes very little screen space.
• vim-bbye - Delete buffers and close files in Vim without closing your windows or messing up your layout.
• vim-buffergator - Vim plugin to list, select and switch between buffers.
• vim-tabber - A Vim plugin for labeling tabs, styled after Powerline, with additional tab management utilities.

Shell

• promptline.vim - Generate a fast shell prompt with powerline symbols and airline colors.
• vimshell - Powerful shell implemented by vim.

Offline Documentation Browser

• dash.vim
• zeavim.vim

Substitute Preview

• vim-over

Wiki

• vimwiki - Personal Wiki for Vim.

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Language-Related

Python

• jedi-vim - Awesome Python autocompletion with VIM.

• flake8-vim - Frosted, pep8 and mcabe checker for Vim.

• python-mode - Vim python-mode. PyLint, Rope, Pydoc, breakpoints from box.

• vim-pydocstring - Generate Python docstring to your Python script file.

• vim-isort - Vim plugin to sort python imports using https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort

• Useful VIM scripts

   # Number of spaces that a <Tab> in the file counts for.
   set tabstop=4
   # Number of spaces to use for each step of (auto)indent.  Used for |'cindent'|, |>>|, |<<|, etc.
   set shiftwidth=4
   # Converting tabs to spaces.
   set expandtab
   # Remove tailing spaces upon saving the file
   autocmd BufWritePre * :%s/\s\+$//e
  

Javascript

• yajs.vim - Another JavaScript Syntax file for Vim.
• es.next.syntax.vim - This syntax file is for ES7 and future syntax.
• vim-jsx - Syntax highlighting and indenting for JSX.
• vim-nodejs-complete - Node.js omnifunc function of vim.
• vim-js-pretty-template - Highlight JavaScript's Template Strings contents in other FileType.

C-family Languages

• YouCompleteMe - Fast, as-you-type, fuzzy-search code completion engine for Vim.
• vim-cpp-enhanced-highlight - Additional Vim syntax highlighting for C++. (including C++11/14)
• vim-fswitch - Vim plug for switching between companion source files. (e.g. ".h" and ".cpp")
• vim-protodef - Pulling C++ function prototypes into implementation files.
• clang_complete - Vim plugin that use clang for completing C/C++ code.
• vim-clang - Clang completion plugin for vim.

Go

• vim-go - Go (golang) support for Vim, which comes with pre-defined sensible settings (like auto gofmt on save), with autocomplete, snippet support, improved syntax highlighting, go toolchain commands, and more.

Typescript

• typescript-vim - Typescript syntax files for Vim.
• tsuquyomi - Typescript autocomplete, syntax checking, and more.

Ruby

• vim-monster - Ruby autcomplete for vim.

Elixir

• vim-elixir - Elixir support for vim. Also adds support for Elixir's templating language, EEx.

Markdown

• vim-instant-markdown - Instant Markdown previews for vim.
• vim-markdown - Syntax highlighting, matching rules and mappings for the original Markdown and extensions.

Ansible

• ansible-vim - Ansible syntax highlighting and common filetypes.

Asciidoc

• vim-asciidoc - Enhanced editing support for Asciidoc files in Vim.

CSS

• vim-css-color - Preview colours in source code while editing.

Generic log

• vim-log-syntax - Vim syntax for log highlighting.

Android log (logcat)

• vim-logcat - Syntax and trivial utility for logcat(Log of Android).

Dockerfile

• Dockerfile.vim - Vim syntax file & snippets for Docker's Dockerfile.

Systemd units

• vim-systemd-syntax - Syntax highlighting for systemd service files in Vim.

Vimperator

• vimperator.vim - Syntax highlighting for Vimperator files, an extension make Firefox look and behave like Vim.

.tmux.conf

• vim-tmux - Make terminal vim and tmux work better together.

LaTeX

• vimtex - A modern vim plugin for editing LaTeX files.

Jinja2

• Vim-Jinja2-Syntax - The Jinja2 syntax file for vim with the ability to detect either HTML or Jinja.

Nginx

• nginx.vim - highlights configuration files for nginx.

R

• Nvim-R - Vim plugin to work with R