Alternatives to AstroNvim
A ready-made Neovim configuration with preset plugins, language tooling and a modular structure. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AstroNvim
A ready-made Neovim configuration with preset plugins, language tooling and a modular structure.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AstroNvim.
LazyVim
A Neovim setup built on lazy.nvim that turns Neovim into a preconfigured IDE.
LazyVim is another preconfigured Neovim setup built on lazy.nvim, with default keymaps, a free online book and video walkthrough, though it needs several external tools and a Nerd Font.
NvChad
A Neovim configuration base with fast startup, built-in UI plugins and dozens of themes.
NvChad offers a smaller Neovim base config of around 900 lines with 68 built-in themes, leaving more plugin and language tooling for you to add compared with AstroNvim's presets.
Neovim
A modern rewrite of Vim with a built-in language server client, Lua configuration and an embeddable API.
Neovim on its own gives the built-in LSP client, tree-sitter and Lua configuration without presets, so you assemble plugins, language servers and keymaps yourself instead of using AstroNvim's setup.
Also worth comparing
These listings name AstroNvim as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Spacemacs
A community-driven Emacs configuration that combines Emacs with Vim-style editing and mnemonic key bindings.
AstroNvim is a ready-made Neovim configuration with Mason-installed language tooling, replacing Emacs Lisp with Neovim's Lua configuration.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Neovide
A cross-platform graphical interface for Neovim that adds smooth animations and other visual improvements.
gitsigns.nvim
A Neovim plugin that marks Git changes in the sign column and handles hunks in the buffer.
Diffview.nvim
A Neovim plugin for cycling through diffs of all modified files for any Git revision.
Neogit
An interactive Git interface for Neovim, modelled on Emacs Magit.
Helix
A modal terminal editor with language servers and multiple selections built in, and no plugins to install.
Vim
The editor that is already on every server, with a graphical build for Windows and a licence that asks you to donate to Ugandan children.
