# lumen-oss/rocks.nvim

🌒 Neovim plugin management inspired by Cargo, powered by luarocks

Repository: https://github.com/lumen-oss/rocks.nvim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rocksnvim
Language: Lua
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: lua, luarocks, neovim, neovim-plugin, nvim, package-manager, plugin, plugin-manager
Last push: 2026-08-13T17:04:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 84, longevity 82
- inputs: {"age_days": 1155, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 110, "gap_med": 8.0, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1060, forks 19 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:25.741676+00:00)

## What it is
rocks.nvim is a Neovim plugin manager inspired by Rust's Cargo, built on top of LuaRocks. It lets users declare plugins in a rocks.toml file with semantic versioning, automatic dependency resolution, and build script handling.

## Use cases
- manage neovim plugins with a declarative toml file
- install neovim plugins with automatic dependency resolution
- replace packer or lazy.nvim with a cargo-like plugin manager
- pin plugin versions with semantic versioning in neovim
- install luarocks packages inside neovim
- avoid manually writing build steps for neovim plugins

## When to choose
- you want Cargo-style declarative plugin management for Neovim
- you want automatic dependency and build script handling instead of manual setup
- you need semantic version pinning or multiple versions of the same dependency
- you want an extensible plugin manager with a Lua API and companion modules like rocks-git.nvim

## When to avoid
- you want maximum stability - a major v3.0.0 rewrite is planned and churn is expected
- you prefer a mature, battle-tested manager like lazy.nvim or packer
- you mostly install plugins from git without LuaRocks packaging
- you don't use Neovim

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, plugin-system, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: lua, cross-platform, cli
- tags: neovim-plugin-manager, luarocks, rocks-toml, semantic-versioning, dependency-management, neovim

## Member repositories
- lumen-oss/rocks.nvim (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.741676+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 2026-08-30T06:56:58.067684+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lumen-oss/rocks.nvim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:25.741676+00:00, sha 8558e61ebde5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.