# nvim-lua/plenary.nvim

plenary: full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified. All the lua functions I don't want to write twice.

Repository: https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plenarynvim
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: neovim, lua
Last push: 2026-04-10T05:52:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2336, "days_push": 145, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3490, forks 340 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.147692+00:00)

## What it is
A Lua utility library for Neovim providing commonly needed modules such as async coroutines, job control, path handling, directory scanning, and a test harness. It serves as a shared dependency for many Neovim plugins.

## Use cases
- write async lua code in neovim plugins
- run tests for neovim lua plugins
- manipulate file paths in neovim lua
- scan directories from neovim
- run shell jobs asynchronously in neovim

## When to choose
- you are developing a Neovim plugin in Lua and need async, path, or job utilities
- a Neovim plugin like telescope.nvim lists plenary.nvim as a dependency

## When to avoid
- you need a library outside of Neovim
- you need a long-term maintained library with new features, since it is being archived

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: concurrency, testing, file-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: lua, cross-platform
- tags: neovim, lua-library, async, coroutines, vim-plugin-dependency, automation

## Member repositories
- nvim-lua/plenary.nvim (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.147692+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 2026-08-29T18:35:57.883444+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.147692+00:00, sha c7d62284d6ce)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.