folke/twilight.nvim

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1548 stars · 26 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Twilight is a Lua plugin for Neovim 0.5+ that dims inactive portions of the code you're editing using TreeSitter for accurate code-aware dimming. It pairs well with zen-mode.nvim for a distraction-free editing experience.

Use cases

• dim inactive code in neovim to focus on what I'm editing
• get a zen-mode-like focused coding experience in neovim
• highlight only the current function while dimming the rest of the file
• reduce visual clutter when reading or editing large files
• find a modern treesitter-based alternative to limelight.vim

When to choose

• you use Neovim 0.5+ and want code-aware dimming powered by TreeSitter
• you want automatic integration with zen-mode.nvim
• you need configurable context lines and expandable node types

When to avoid

• you use Vim or an editor other than Neovim
• you don't have TreeSitter parsers available for your filetypes
• you prefer full-file highlighting without dimming

Facets

plugin · maturity active

editor ui-components theme developer-tools text-editors cli cross-platform neovim-plugin treesitter focus-mode lua zen-mode neovim

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