Here are the vim plugins I use right now.
Plugin sainnhe/gruvbox-material
This is my current colorscheme, I’m enjoying it so far, I use it with the “medium” background.
Plugin airblade/vim-gitgutter
This plugin displays a character on the gutter (the left of the line number) with either a +, a - or ~ meaning the changes against the git stage. Very useful to see what changes I made and whether I’ve made too many changes and should commit.
Plugin alok/notational-fzf-vim
Notational Velocity is a whole system where you can easily search notes and create new ones from a simple input. This plugin gives vim that functionality. I haven’t used it much, but it looks good.
Plugin bogado/file-line
This plugin allows you to open files with the format file.txt:34 where 34 is a line number. With it, running vim file.txt:34 opens vim with that file on that line number.
Plugin cespare/vim-toml
Syntax highlighting for toml files.
Plugin chase/vim-ansible-yaml
Syntax highlighting for Ansible playbooks.
Plugin christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator
Some very useful key combos for moving from vim to tmux panes with a simple Control+hjkl.
Plugin dense-analysis/ale
Ale is an engine for linting files asynchronously, it does a LOT more than that, but I haven’t explored it enough, right now, it just works.
Plugin easymotion/vim-easymotion
Pressing s (not sure if you need to configure it or not) in normal mode asks me for a letter and gives a name (just a letter or two) to every character in the screen with that character. Easier to watch than explain, this allows you to drive vim very quickly and intuitively.
Plugin editorconfig/editorconfig-vim
Enables Editorconfig support in vim.
Plugin gabesoft/vim-ags
A great way of searching for strings in your projects, it shows in a new window with a bit of context + it allows for multiple editing. I can probably replace it with fzf or something else, but I really like the other features. You don’t have to use ag for searching.
Plugin hotwatermorning/auto-git-diff
A plugin that shows the diff during a git rebase -i, incredibly helpful to see what the commit contains, especially when you simply write “Fixup” or “WIP” in the commit message.
Plugin itchyny/lightline.vim
The plugin that drives my statusbar, light and configurable.
Plugin junegunn/fzf
Along with junegunn/fzf.vim make my vim amazing, it comes with fuzzy search for many things, most notably :Files, I replaced Ctrl+P with this plugin, it even allows for a pop-up now!
Plugin junegunn/goyo.vim
Distraction free writing in vim.
Plugin junegunn/vim-peekaboo
Shows the registers in the right side, so it’s easy to see what things are in which register. Also shows you the macros.
Plugin lifepillar/vim-colortemplate
A plugin to help develop vim colorschemes using colortemplates.
Plugin lilydjwg/colorizer
Display the color of a hex or rgb as the background. Very useful for writing CSS.
Plugin liuchengxu/vim-which-key
Shows what each shortcut after pressing Leader does. I loved this feature in Spacemacs and when I saw this plugin, I just had to add it. Been using Leader a lot more now.
Plugin machakann/vim-highlightedyank
Shows a small flash when you yank something. Not super fancy, but I love seeing it.
Plugin majutsushi/tagbar
Shows a tag bar on the right with every function/variable etc… Helpful when reading big files.
Plugin mxw/vim-jsx
Syntax highlighting for jsx files.
Plugin plasticboy/vim-markdown
Syntax highlighting for markdown files.
Plugin rust-lang/rust.vim
Tools to help developing with Rust.
Plugin scrooloose/nerdtree
A file navigator on the left of your files, just like on other editors. I use it with ryanoasis/vim-devicons so it looks prettier.
Plugin shougo/deoplete.nvim
Autocomplete engine that makes coding a lot more pleasant, I use it with zchee/deoplete-jedi for python.
Plugin tpope/vim-commentary
Helps comment out lines of code in different languages.
Plugin tpope/vim-eunuch
Adds a few file utils withing vim, such as removing a file you’re editing.
Plugin tpope/vim-fugitive
An amazing Git visualiser within vim.
Plugin vimwiki/vimwiki
A wiki engine for Vim.