# nanotee/nvim-lua-guide

A guide to using Lua in Neovim

Repository: https://github.com/nanotee/nvim-lua-guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nvim-lua-guide
License Family: other
Topics: lua, nvim, neovim, vimscript, documentation, guide
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-09-02T22:39:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 40, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2259, "days_push": 365, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5923, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.367877+00:00)

## What it is
A guide explaining how to use Lua for configuring and scripting Neovim, covering the Lua-vimscript interop. It has been superseded by the official :help lua-guide documentation but remains available in archived form.

## Use cases
- learn how to configure neovim with lua
- convert vimscript config to lua
- understand lua-vim interop api
- write neovim plugins in lua
- call vimscript functions from lua

## When to choose
- you want a community-written walkthrough of lua in neovim
- you are on an older neovim version without the built-in lua-guide

## When to avoid
- you use a recent neovim version - prefer the official :help lua-guide
- you need a maintained or updated tutorial

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, tutorials
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, lua, vimscript, guide, editor-plugin

## Member repositories
- nanotee/nvim-lua-guide (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.367877+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 2026-08-29T17:50:50.058966+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nanotee/nvim-lua-guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.367877+00:00, sha a644cdc03b46)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.