L3MON4D3/LuaSnip

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4420 stars · 266 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

LuaSnip is a snippet engine for Neovim written in Lua, supporting tabstops, dynamic and regex-triggered snippets, and LSP/VSCode/SnipMate snippet formats. It integrates with completion plugins like nvim-cmp and uses Treesitter for filetype resolution.

Use cases

• expand code snippets in neovim
• load vscode snippets in neovim
• write dynamic snippets with lua functions
• use lsp-style snippets with nvim-cmp
• define filetype-specific snippets
• create autotriggered and postfix snippets

When to choose

• you use Neovim >= 0.9 and want a fast, highly configurable snippet engine
• you need to reuse existing VSCode or SnipMate snippet collections
• you want advanced snippet features like dynamic nodes, choices, and regex triggers

When to avoid

• you use an editor other than Neovim
• you want snippets fully defined without any Lua for advanced features
• you cannot install a C compiler for optional jsregexp transformations on Windows

Facets

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developer-tools editor text-editors developer-tools windows editor-plugin neovim snippets snippet-engine lua lsp-snippets vscode-snippets treesitter linux macos

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