[wint3rmute]

I suggest you try something like LunarVim[1] or NvChad[2] for a ready-to use IDE-like neovim configuration.

I had the same problem with configuring (neo)vim, it's simply too much work to get a reasonable IDE experience. Using an already well tested and documented configuration helped me to make the switch.

[1] https://www.lunarvim.org/

[2] https://nvchad.com/

[zamalek]

I would recommend against heavy-handed plugins, it's the reason I burned out on nvim and fled to helix. The thing about a breaking change in a plugin (like, oh, I don't know nvim-treesitter - likely the most installed plugin) is that you find out when you are about to do work/be productive.

Keep nvim as minimal as possible IMO.

[gorjusborg]

This guy gets it.

I am also firmly in the vanilla config camp.

Neovim is very usable out of the box. Once you are invested in the interface (modal editing) then look to get 'fancy'.

I think the big config approach just tries to make the editor an IDE. You don't most of that to try it out.

Start simple.

[lenkite]

[3] https://www.lazyvim.org/

[EasyMark]

lazyvim is definitely the one I found easiest of a bunch of these. I've been using it for a while now, I haven't tried in neovide though, I just did and it ran but when I did an update there was a compilation error (on mac). So maybe avoid an update there? :) It was easy to fix in standard iterm2 though (just resync).

[cassepipe]

If only doing C and C++ dev work you can get pretty far with a very minimal vim config though

But yeah, webdev had me switch to Lunarvim (my favorite among all those nvim distros)

[ivanjermakov]

I also suggest against using distributions. Instead of learning how to configure nvim itself you're learning to configure that specific distro.

I suggest to take someone's lua config and start from there. Kickstart.nvim is a good one: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

[retrochameleon]

I tried both and ended up using AstroNvim

[unshavedyak]

Any idea if these would be problematic with Neovide?

[zeroDivisible]

LunarVim may require some symlinks but I've ran both with Neovide at some time. nvchad should work out of the box.

[Ringz]

Lazyvim runs fine