[marinhero]

Have you tried using an nvim distribution? They take care of all the plugin loading, config and testing. They stay reasonably updated too.

[bbkane]

I tried using LazyVim, but I didn't put much effort customizing it so I missed my custom config and I found it somewhat janky

[scutrell]

I think they are a good middle ground, but you're still left with some of the busy work. Further, you're a bit more at the mercy of the maintainer. Likely, Lazyvim isn't going anywhere, but it isn't out of the realm of possibilities either.

[whinvik]

What distribution would you recommend?

[nop_slide]

I recently started with Kickstart paired with this video, it's really easy and beginner friendly.

https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8C0Cq9Uv9o

[EasyMark]

I think lazyvim is one of the more successful/dependable ones