R NVIM - A Modern, Powerful & Animated Neovim Setup

A beautifully structured, fast, and feature-rich Neovim configuration built with Lua and powered by Lazy.nvim.

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Features

Custom Animated Dashboard

• Fully custom-built animated startup screen
• Aligned menu with icons
• Smooth header animation
• Non-scrollable UI
• Clean centered layout

Catppuccin Theme

• Beautiful, soft colors
• Perfect highlight support
• Dashboard + UI consistency

Lazy.nvim Plugin Manager

• Fast startup
• Lazy loading
• Modern plugin management

Telescope Integration

• File search
• Text search
• Recent files
• Fuzzy finder everywhere

Treesitter

• Advanced syntax highlighting
• Better indentation
• Language-aware selection

LSP + Mason

• Auto language server installation
• LSP keymaps
• Formatting + linting
• Error diagnostics

Auto-completion

• Snippet support via LuaSnip
• LSP autocompletion
• Keyword suggestions

Formatting

• Code formatting
• Code actions
• Linting

Git Integration

• Git signs in gutter
• Git hunk preview
• Git status indicators

Built-in Terminal Integration

• Floating terminal
• Horizontal & vertical terminal openings
• Auto insert-mode on open

VSCode-like Keymaps

• Ctrl + A → Select all
• Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V → Copy/paste
• Ctrl + Z, Ctrl + Y → Undo/Redo
• Powerful motion + editing shortcuts

Performance Optimized

• Lazy loading
• Low memory usage
• Instant startup time
• Clean keymap design

Installation

1️ Install Neovim

For Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S neovim

2️ Install Git

sudo pacman -S git

3️ Install Nerd Font

sudo pacman -S nerd-fonts

4️ Clone the R NVIM config

git clone https://github.com/ravindran-dev/nvim.git

5️ Open Neovim

nvim

Lazy.nvim will automatically install all plugins.

Folder Structure

~/.config/nvim├── Session.vim├── init.lua├── LICENSE├── README.md├── SECURITY.md├── lua│ ├── core│ │ ├── lazy.lua │ │ ├── dashboard.lua │ │ ├── options.lua │ │ ├── keymaps.lua │ │ ├── weather.lua │ │ ├── leetcode_cookie.lua │ │ ├── leetcode_browser.lua │ │ ├── autocomds.lua │ │ ├── configs.lua| | ├── support.lua| | ├── plugin_search.lua| | ├── tree.lua| | ├── system.lua │ ├── scripts│ │ ├── get_leetcode_cookie.py │ ├── utils.lua │ ├── plugins│ ├── lsp.lua │ ├── cmp.lua │ ├── telescope.lua │ ├── treesitter.lua │ ├── none-ls.lua │ ├── git.lua │ ├── git-blame.lua │ ├── persistence.lua │ ├── ui.lua │ ├── leetcode.lua │ ├── iron.lua

Keymaps (Important)

Shortcut Action

• Ctrl + A Select All
• Ctrl + C Copy
• Ctrl + V Paste
• Ctrl + Z Undo
• Ctrl + Y Redo
• Space + f File Finder
• Space + g Live Grep
• Space + e Toggle Explorer
• Space + t Open Terminal
• Space + l Lazy Menu
• q Quit Dashboard
• Space + ? Support popup

Plugins Used

• Lazy.nvim - modern plugin manager

• Catppuccin - color scheme & UI theme

• telescope.nvim - fuzzy file and text finder

• nvim-treesitter - advanced syntax parser

• nvim-lspconfig - language server support

• Mason - auto-installation of LSPs

• mason-lspconfig - LSP auto-wiring

• nvim-cmp - auto-completion engine

• LuaSnip - snippet engine

• none-ls - formatting & linting

• gitsigns - git change visualization

• git-blame.nvim - inline git line blame

• Persistence.nvim - auto session restore

• toggleterm.nvim - floating & split terminals

• nvim-tree - file explorer

• LeetCode.nvim - solve Leetcode inside Neovim

• nvim-web-devicons - developer icons

• Bufferline.nvim - tab-like buffer view

• Lualine.nvim - bottom statusline

• Plenary.nvim - base library for plugins

• nvim-notify - stylish notifications

• Vigemus/iron.nvim - Adds a REPL panel for Python, Node, Bash, Lua and sends code live to terminal.

• MunifTanjim/nui.nvim - UI component library powering popups and advanced layout windows.

• nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim - Status line plugin used for displaying breadcrumbs & system stats.

• kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons - Icon pack for the dashboard, menu icons, and file types.

• SmiteshP/nvim-navic - Provides breadcrumb navigation and an outline sidebar for code structure.

Additional Features

• Live clock + date display on dashboard

• Weather display

• Git status overview

• Launch stats showing plugin count & load time

• Browser-based LeetCode login (no manual cookies) (Under issues)

• Integrated LeetCode problem navigation, test & submit

• Session restore with one click

• Responsive, highlighted dashboard menu navigation

• Global VSCode-like keymaps

• Line numbers & relative line numbers enabled by default

• Improved non-scrollable fixed dashboard layout

• Dashboard message changes based on morning, afternoon, evening, or late night usage.

• dd - Jump to the dashboard immediately from anywhere in Nvim.

• Shows live CPU inside the dashboard.

• Displays Neovim’s current Lua memory usage

• Quick search through installed plugins directly from the dashboard menu.

• Folder info in dashboard

• Support popup which lists all the shortcuts to use the R NVIM ( + ?)

R NVIM UI example:

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Open an issue or create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Author - Ravindran S

Developer • ML Enthusiast • Neovim Customizer • Linux Power User

Hi! I'm Ravindran S, an engineering student passionate about:

• Linux & System Engineering
• AIML (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning)
• Full-stack Web Development
• Hackathon-grade project development

R NVIM is my personal Neovim distribution - built to be fast, beautiful, and productive.

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