rcarriga/nvim-notify

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

3568 stars · 100 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A configurable notification manager plugin for NeoVim that replaces the default vim.notify with fancy animated floating windows. It supports notification levels, custom render and animation styles, notification history, and updating existing notifications.

Use cases

• show desktop-style notifications in neovim
• replace vim.notify with a nicer notification UI
• view a history of past notifications in neovim
• animate notification popups in my editor
• customize how lsp messages are displayed in neovim

When to choose

• you want attractive, configurable floating notifications in NeoVim
• you need notification history and the ability to update existing notifications
• you want other plugins to route their messages through a unified notification system

When to avoid

• you don't use NeoVim
• you need a minimal setup without 24-bit color or Nerd Font requirements
• you prefer plain built-in vim.notify behavior

Facets

plugin · maturity active

ui-components developer-tools text-editors developer-tools editor-plugin cli cross-platform neovim notifications lua vim-plugins floating-windows

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