🍿 snacks.nvim

A collection of small QoL plugins for Neovim.

✨ Features

Snack	Description	Setup
animate	Efficient animations including over 45 easing functions (library)
bigfile	Deal with big files	‼️
bufdelete	Delete buffers without disrupting window layout
dashboard	Beautiful declarative dashboards	‼️
debug	Pretty inspect & backtraces for debugging
dim	Focus on the active scope by dimming the rest
explorer	A file explorer (picker in disguise)	‼️
gh	GitHub CLI integration
git	Git utilities
gitbrowse	Open the current file, branch, commit, or repo in a browser (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
image	Image viewer using Kitty Graphics Protocol, supported by kitty, wezterm and ghostty	‼️
indent	Indent guides and scopes
input	Better vim.ui.input	‼️
keymap	Better vim.keymap with support for filetypes and LSP clients
layout	Window layouts
lazygit	Open LazyGit in a float, auto-configure colorscheme and integration with Neovim
notifier	Pretty vim.notify	‼️
notify	Utility functions to work with Neovim's vim.notify
picker	Picker for selecting items	‼️
profiler	Neovim lua profiler
quickfile	When doing nvim somefile.txt, it will render the file as quickly as possible, before loading your plugins.	‼️
rename	LSP-integrated file renaming with support for plugins like neo-tree.nvim and mini.files.
scope	Scope detection, text objects and jumping based on treesitter or indent	‼️
scratch	Scratch buffers with a persistent file
scroll	Smooth scrolling	‼️
statuscolumn	Pretty status column	‼️
terminal	Create and toggle floating/split terminals
toggle	Toggle keymaps integrated with which-key icons / colors
util	Utility functions for Snacks (library)
win	Create and manage floating windows or splits
words	Auto-show LSP references and quickly navigate between them	‼️
zen	Zen mode • distraction-free coding

⚡️ Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.9.4
• for proper icons support:
  • mini.icons (optional)
  • nvim-web-devicons (optional)
  • a Nerd Font (optional)

📦 Installation

Install the plugin with your package manager:

lazy.nvim

Important

A couple of plugins require snacks.nvim to be set-up early. Setup creates some autocmds and does not load any plugins. Check the code to see what it does.

Caution

You need to explicitly pass options for a plugin or set enabled = true to enable it.

Tip

It's a good idea to run :checkhealth snacks to see if everything is set up correctly.

{
  "folke/snacks.nvim",
  priority = 1000,
  lazy = false,
  ---@type snacks.Config
  opts = {
    -- your configuration comes here
    -- or leave it empty to use the default settings
    -- refer to the configuration section below
    bigfile = { enabled = true },
    dashboard = { enabled = true },
    explorer = { enabled = true },
    indent = { enabled = true },
    input = { enabled = true },
    picker = { enabled = true },
    notifier = { enabled = true },
    quickfile = { enabled = true },
    scope = { enabled = true },
    scroll = { enabled = true },
    statuscolumn = { enabled = true },
    words = { enabled = true },
  },
}

For an in-depth setup of snacks.nvim with lazy.nvim, check the example below.

⚙️ Configuration

Please refer to the readme of each plugin for their specific configuration.

Default Options

---@class snacks.Config
---@field animate? snacks.animate.Config
---@field bigfile? snacks.bigfile.Config
---@field dashboard? snacks.dashboard.Config
---@field dim? snacks.dim.Config
---@field explorer? snacks.explorer.Config
---@field gh? snacks.gh.Config
---@field gitbrowse? snacks.gitbrowse.Config
---@field image? snacks.image.Config
---@field indent? snacks.indent.Config
---@field input? snacks.input.Config
---@field layout? snacks.layout.Config
---@field lazygit? snacks.lazygit.Config
---@field notifier? snacks.notifier.Config
---@field picker? snacks.picker.Config
---@field profiler? snacks.profiler.Config
---@field quickfile? snacks.quickfile.Config
---@field scope? snacks.scope.Config
---@field scratch? snacks.scratch.Config
---@field scroll? snacks.scroll.Config
---@field statuscolumn? snacks.statuscolumn.Config
---@field terminal? snacks.terminal.Config
---@field toggle? snacks.toggle.Config
---@field win? snacks.win.Config
---@field words? snacks.words.Config
---@field zen? snacks.zen.Config
---@field styles? table<string, snacks.win.Config>
---@field image? snacks.image.Config|{}
{
  image = {
    -- define these here, so that we don't need to load the image module
    formats = {
      "png",
      "jpg",
      "jpeg",
      "gif",
      "bmp",
      "webp",
      "tiff",
      "heic",
      "avif",
      "mp4",
      "mov",
      "avi",
      "mkv",
      "webm",
      "pdf",
      "icns",
    },
  },
}

Some plugins have examples in their documentation. You can include them in your config like this:

{
  dashboard = { example = "github" }
}

If you want to customize options for a plugin after they have been resolved, you can use the config function:

{
  gitbrowse = {
    config = function(opts, defaults)
      table.insert(opts.remote_patterns, { "my", "custom pattern" })
    end
  },
}

🚀 Usage

See the example below for how to configure snacks.nvim.

{
  "folke/snacks.nvim",
  priority = 1000,
  lazy = false,
  ---@type snacks.Config
  opts = {
    bigfile = { enabled = true },
    dashboard = { enabled = true },
    explorer = { enabled = true },
    indent = { enabled = true },
    input = { enabled = true },
    notifier = {
      enabled = true,
      timeout = 3000,
    },
    picker = { enabled = true },
    quickfile = { enabled = true },
    scope = { enabled = true },
    scroll = { enabled = true },
    statuscolumn = { enabled = true },
    words = { enabled = true },
    styles = {
      notification = {
        -- wo = { wrap = true } -- Wrap notifications
      }
    }
  },
  keys = {
    -- Top Pickers & Explorer
    { "<leader><space>", function() Snacks.picker.smart() end, desc = "Smart Find Files" },
    { "<leader>,", function() Snacks.picker.buffers() end, desc = "Buffers" },
    { "<leader>/", function() Snacks.picker.grep() end, desc = "Grep" },
    { "<leader>:", function() Snacks.picker.command_history() end, desc = "Command History" },
    { "<leader>n", function() Snacks.picker.notifications() end, desc = "Notification History" },
    { "<leader>e", function() Snacks.explorer() end, desc = "File Explorer" },
    -- find
    { "<leader>fb", function() Snacks.picker.buffers() end, desc = "Buffers" },
    { "<leader>fc", function() Snacks.picker.files({ cwd = vim.fn.stdpath("config") }) end, desc = "Find Config File" },
    { "<leader>ff", function() Snacks.picker.files() end, desc = "Find Files" },
    { "<leader>fg", function() Snacks.picker.git_files() end, desc = "Find Git Files" },
    { "<leader>fp", function() Snacks.picker.projects() end, desc = "Projects" },
    { "<leader>fr", function() Snacks.picker.recent() end, desc = "Recent" },
    -- git
    { "<leader>gb", function() Snacks.picker.git_branches() end, desc = "Git Branches" },
    { "<leader>gl", function() Snacks.picker.git_log() end, desc = "Git Log" },
    { "<leader>gL", function() Snacks.picker.git_log_line() end, desc = "Git Log Line" },
    { "<leader>gs", function() Snacks.picker.git_status() end, desc = "Git Status" },
    { "<leader>gS", function() Snacks.picker.git_stash() end, desc = "Git Stash" },
    { "<leader>gd", function() Snacks.picker.git_diff() end, desc = "Git Diff (Hunks)" },
    { "<leader>gf", function() Snacks.picker.git_log_file() end, desc = "Git Log File" },
    -- Grep
    { "<leader>sb", function() Snacks.picker.lines() end, desc = "Buffer Lines" },
    { "<leader>sB", function() Snacks.picker.grep_buffers() end, desc = "Grep Open Buffers" },
    { "<leader>sg", function() Snacks.picker.grep() end, desc = "Grep" },
    { "<leader>sw", function() Snacks.picker.grep_word() end, desc = "Visual selection or word", mode = { "n", "x" } },
    -- search
    { '<leader>s"', function() Snacks.picker.registers() end, desc = "Registers" },
    { '<leader>s/', function() Snacks.picker.search_history() end, desc = "Search History" },
    { "<leader>sa", function() Snacks.picker.autocmds() end, desc = "Autocmds" },
    { "<leader>sb", function() Snacks.picker.lines() end, desc = "Buffer Lines" },
    { "<leader>sc", function() Snacks.picker.command_history() end, desc = "Command History" },
    { "<leader>sC", function() Snacks.picker.commands() end, desc = "Commands" },
    { "<leader>sd", function() Snacks.picker.diagnostics() end, desc = "Diagnostics" },
    { "<leader>sD", function() Snacks.picker.diagnostics_buffer() end, desc = "Buffer Diagnostics" },
    { "<leader>sh", function() Snacks.picker.help() end, desc = "Help Pages" },
    { "<leader>sH", function() Snacks.picker.highlights() end, desc = "Highlights" },
    { "<leader>si", function() Snacks.picker.icons() end, desc = "Icons" },
    { "<leader>sj", function() Snacks.picker.jumps() end, desc = "Jumps" },
    { "<leader>sk", function() Snacks.picker.keymaps() end, desc = "Keymaps" },
    { "<leader>sl", function() Snacks.picker.loclist() end, desc = "Location List" },
    { "<leader>sm", function() Snacks.picker.marks() end, desc = "Marks" },
    { "<leader>sM", function() Snacks.picker.man() end, desc = "Man Pages" },
    { "<leader>sp", function() Snacks.picker.lazy() end, desc = "Search for Plugin Spec" },
    { "<leader>sq", function() Snacks.picker.qflist() end, desc = "Quickfix List" },
    { "<leader>sR", function() Snacks.picker.resume() end, desc = "Resume" },
    { "<leader>su", function() Snacks.picker.undo() end, desc = "Undo History" },
    { "<leader>uC", function() Snacks.picker.colorschemes() end, desc = "Colorschemes" },
    -- LSP
    { "gd", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_definitions() end, desc = "Goto Definition" },
    { "gD", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_declarations() end, desc = "Goto Declaration" },
    { "gr", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_references() end, nowait = true, desc = "References" },
    { "gI", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_implementations() end, desc = "Goto Implementation" },
    { "gy", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_type_definitions() end, desc = "Goto T[y]pe Definition" },
    { "gai", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_incoming_calls() end, desc = "C[a]lls Incoming" },
    { "gao", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_outgoing_calls() end, desc = "C[a]lls Outgoing" },
    { "<leader>ss", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_symbols() end, desc = "LSP Symbols" },
    { "<leader>sS", function() Snacks.picker.lsp_workspace_symbols() end, desc = "LSP Workspace Symbols" },
    -- Other
    { "<leader>z",  function() Snacks.zen() end, desc = "Toggle Zen Mode" },
    { "<leader>Z",  function() Snacks.zen.zoom() end, desc = "Toggle Zoom" },
    { "<leader>.",  function() Snacks.scratch() end, desc = "Toggle Scratch Buffer" },
    { "<leader>S",  function() Snacks.scratch.select() end, desc = "Select Scratch Buffer" },
    { "<leader>n",  function() Snacks.notifier.show_history() end, desc = "Notification History" },
    { "<leader>bd", function() Snacks.bufdelete() end, desc = "Delete Buffer" },
    { "<leader>cR", function() Snacks.rename.rename_file() end, desc = "Rename File" },
    { "<leader>gB", function() Snacks.gitbrowse() end, desc = "Git Browse", mode = { "n", "v" } },
    { "<leader>gg", function() Snacks.lazygit() end, desc = "Lazygit" },
    { "<leader>un", function() Snacks.notifier.hide() end, desc = "Dismiss All Notifications" },
    { "<c-/>",      function() Snacks.terminal() end, desc = "Toggle Terminal" },
    { "<c-_>",      function() Snacks.terminal() end, desc = "which_key_ignore" },
    { "]]",         function() Snacks.words.jump(vim.v.count1) end, desc = "Next Reference", mode = { "n", "t" } },
    { "[[",         function() Snacks.words.jump(-vim.v.count1) end, desc = "Prev Reference", mode = { "n", "t" } },
    {
      "<leader>N",
      desc = "Neovim News",
      function()
        Snacks.win({
          file = vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file("doc/news.txt", false)[1],
          width = 0.6,
          height = 0.6,
          wo = {
            spell = false,
            wrap = false,
            signcolumn = "yes",
            statuscolumn = " ",
            conceallevel = 3,
          },
        })
      end,
    }
  },
  init = function()
    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
      pattern = "VeryLazy",
      callback = function()
        -- Setup some globals for debugging (lazy-loaded)
        _G.dd = function(...)
          Snacks.debug.inspect(...)
        end
        _G.bt = function()
          Snacks.debug.backtrace()
        end

        -- Override print to use snacks for `:=` command
        if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.11") == 1 then
          vim._print = function(_, ...)
            dd(...)
          end
        else
          vim.print = _G.dd 
        end

        -- Create some toggle mappings
        Snacks.toggle.option("spell", { name = "Spelling" }):map("<leader>us")
        Snacks.toggle.option("wrap", { name = "Wrap" }):map("<leader>uw")
        Snacks.toggle.option("relativenumber", { name = "Relative Number" }):map("<leader>uL")
        Snacks.toggle.diagnostics():map("<leader>ud")
        Snacks.toggle.line_number():map("<leader>ul")
        Snacks.toggle.option("conceallevel", { off = 0, on = vim.o.conceallevel > 0 and vim.o.conceallevel or 2 }):map("<leader>uc")
        Snacks.toggle.treesitter():map("<leader>uT")
        Snacks.toggle.option("background", { off = "light", on = "dark", name = "Dark Background" }):map("<leader>ub")
        Snacks.toggle.inlay_hints():map("<leader>uh")
        Snacks.toggle.indent():map("<leader>ug")
        Snacks.toggle.dim():map("<leader>uD")
      end,
    })
  end,
}

🌈 Highlight Groups

Snacks defines a lot of highlight groups and it's impossible to document them all.

Instead, you can use the picker to see all the highlight groups.

Snacks.picker.highlights({pattern = "hl_group:^Snacks"})