sphamba/smear-cursor.nvim

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2048 stars · 29 forks observed · 2026-09-29

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Neovim plugin written in Lua that animates the cursor with a smear/trail effect in any terminal, inspired by Neovide's animated cursor. It targets terminals and GUIs that can only display text and offers configurable animation styles.

Use cases

• animate cursor movement in neovim
• get neovide-style cursor animation in a plain terminal
• add smooth cursor trail to vim
• make cursor movement less jarring when jumping in neovim
• customize cursor animation speed and style in neovim

When to choose

• you use Neovim 0.10.2+ in a terminal without graphical cursor animation
• you want Neovide-like cursor effects without leaving your terminal
• you want a lightweight, configurable Lua plugin with toggle commands

When to avoid

• you already use Neovide or a terminal like Kitty with native animated cursor
• you prefer no visual animations or find them distracting
• you use Vim instead of Neovim

Facets

plugin · maturity active

animation ui-components developer-tools developer-tools text-editors cross-platform windows cli neovim neovim-plugin cursor-animation lua terminal-ui smooth-cursor linux macos

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