Paq

Paq is a Neovim package manager written in Lua.

Features

Simple: Easy to use and configure
Fast: Installs and updates packages concurrently using Neovim's event-loop
Small: Around 500 LOC

Requirements

NOTE Paq follows the Neovim version available in Debian stable.

git
Neovim ≥ 0.7

Installation

Clone this repository.

For Unix-like systems:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git \
    "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/pack/paqs/start/paq-nvim

For Windows (cmd.exe):

git clone https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git %LOCALAPPDATA%\nvim-data\site\pack\paqs\start\paq-nvim

For Windows (powershell):

git clone https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data\site\pack\paqs\start\paq-nvim"

To install Paq automatically or to install your plugins in --headless mode see the documentation section :h paq-bootstrapping.

Usage

In your init.lua, require the "paq" module with a list of packages, like:

require "paq" {
    "savq/paq-nvim", -- Let Paq manage itself

    "neovim/nvim-lspconfig",

    { "lervag/vimtex", opt = true }, -- Use braces when passing options

    { 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter', build = ':TSUpdate' },
}

Then, source your configuration (executing :source $MYVIMRC) and run :PaqInstall.

Commands

PaqInstall: Install all packages listed in your configuration.
PaqUpdate: Update all packages already on your system (it won't implicitly install them).
PaqClean: Remove all packages (in Paq's directory) that aren't listed on your configuration.
PaqSync: Execute the three commands listed above.

Options

Option	Type
as	string	Name to use for the package locally
branch	string	Branch of the repository
build	function	Lua function to run after install/update
build	string	Shell command to run after install/update
build	string	Prefixed with a ':' will run a vim command
opt	boolean	Optional packages are not loaded on startup
pin	boolean	Pinned packages are not updated
url	string	URL of the remote repository, useful for non-GitHub repos

For more details on each option, refer to the documentation.

Related projects

You can find a comparison with other package managers in the wiki.