# LunarVim/LunarVim

🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

Repository: https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lunarvim
Homepage: https://www.lunarvim.org
Language: Lua
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: neovim, vim, vimrc, nvim, ide, lunarvim, lua, linters, formatters, snippets, vscode, neovim-configuration, neovim-lua, neovim-config, neovim-setup, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2025-06-05T15:05:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 25, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2939, "days_push": 454, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 19271, forks 1493 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:27.555609+00:00)

## What it is
LunarVim is an opinionated IDE layer for Neovim that ships with sane defaults for autocompletion, LSP, linting, formatting, debugging, fuzzy finding, and an integrated terminal. It is fully configurable via a single config.lua file and is free and community driven.

## Use cases
- turn neovim into a full IDE
- get LSP autocompletion and formatting in vim out of the box
- preconfigured neovim setup with sane defaults
- lightweight alternative to vscode for terminal coding
- set up linting and debugging in neovim quickly
- extensible neovim config with lazy-loaded plugins

## When to avoid
- you prefer building a minimal personal Neovim config from scratch
- you need a full GUI IDE with visual debuggers and refactoring tools
- you don't want to maintain a Lua-based configuration layer on top of Neovim

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: editor, linter, formatter, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, vim, ide, lua, lsp, treesitter, code-editor, neovim-configuration, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- LunarVim/LunarVim (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.555609+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:00:23.743339+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.555609+00:00, sha 1848efa775fb)
  - homepage: https://www.lunarvim.org (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.607929+00:00, sha 37a0b355b347)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.617357+00:00, sha 8b2ee9ddd808)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/master/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.620171+00:00, sha 1644ede8503c)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/1.3/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.622991+00:00, sha 1155c16b2335)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/1.2/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.625758+00:00, sha aca49bd4f351)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/features/supported-frameworks/angular (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.628497+00:00, sha 3f0c422111a4)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/features/supported-languages/ansible (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.630709+00:00, sha 7718e4a44154)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/features/supported-languages/c_cpp (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.632887+00:00, sha 19b9bbc705dc)
  - site_page: https://www.lunarvim.org/docs/features/supported-languages/csharp (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:44.634917+00:00, sha 9113ebf12c00)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.