The goal of this project is to combine both LunarVim and NvChad, getting the best parts from each.

• LunarVim has a great default configuration, with LSP + project support, right out of the box.

• NvChad looks stunning and comes with a variety of built in themes to choose from.

LunarChad is a LunarVim configuration stylized to look like NvChad.

LunarChad is a configured version of LunarVim. For more information please read the LunarVim documentation at lunarvim.org. Make sure you have the release version of Neovim (0.6).

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lunarvim/lunarvim/master/utils/installer/install.sh)

If you already have a lvim config you might want to back it up first.

mv ~/.config/lvim/ ~/.config/lvim.old/

Clone LunarChad to your lvim configuration folder located at ~/.config/lvim/.

git clone https://github.com/ViktorBusk/LunarChad.git ~/.config/lvim/

Start LunarVim by entering lvim inside a terminal. Install the required plugins with the command :PackerSync.

To configure LunarChad simply change the contents of ~/.config/lvim/config.lua. By default, this file is used to source necessary LunarChad modules. Configurations are for the most part just tweaks to LunarVims built in customization layer: lvim. LunarChad then provides additional settings through the nested table: lvim.custom. It mainly consists of data regarding appearance (colorscheme, bufferline, statusline etc.) and is defined in ~/.config/lvim/lua/custom/options.lua.

Example Config (default):

-- ~/.config/lvim/lua/custom/options.lua

lvim.custom = {
  tab = 2, -- tabline, swhiftwidth, tabstop
  theme = "onedarker",
  -- TODO: Add option to use default NvChad mappings
  -- Maybe add option to provide a "chadrc" and/or "init" from an existing NvChad config
  yank_highlight = false, -- Highlight after yanking text
  doxygen_highlight = {
    enable = false, -- Doxygen highlights is still used if treesitter is not active in the current buffer
    bold_highlight = false,
  },
  base16 = {
    -- Overrides the current theme (lvim.custom.theme)
    enable = true, -- If set to "false", "lvim.custom.theme" will be used instead.
    italic_comments = false,
    document_highlight = {
      enable = false,
      bold_highlight = false,
    },
    cursor_line = false,
    theme = "onedark" -- https://github.com/NvChad/nvim-base16.lua/tree/master/lua/hl_themes
  },
  statusline = {
    diagnostics = { enable = true },
    lsp_progress = { enable = true },
    hidden = { "help", "dashboard", "NvimTree", "terminal" },
    shortline = true, -- Show short statusline on small screens
    shown = {},
    style = "default" -- default, round , slant , block , arrow
  },
  bufferline = {
    close = {
      next = "cycle", -- How to retrieve the next buffer
      quit = true -- Exit when last buffer is deleted
    },
  }
}

-- General
lvim.log.level = "warn"

-- Termnial
lvim.builtin.terminal.active = true
lvim.builtin.terminal.direction = "horizontal"
lvim.builtin.terminal.size = 15
lvim.builtin.terminal.shade_terminals = true

-- Change the timeoutlen for whichkey to show
vim.opt.timeoutlen = 400

-- Show/hide eye candy
vim.opt.showmode = true
vim.opt.ruler = false
vim.opt.cmdheight = 1

If you want to create a custom palette for a colorscheme, create a lua file and place it in ~/.config/lvim/lua/colors/palettes/. Make sure the file and the colorscheme have the same name and all required colors are defined. You can use ~/.config/lvim/lua/colors/palettes/default.luaas reference.

• General Options: ~/.config/lvim/lua/custom/options.lua
• LSP: ~/.config/lvim/lua/custom/lsp.lua
• Keybindings: ~/.config/lvim/lua/custom/keymappings.lua

Please feel free to edit or make any changes you deem necessary. For more information visit lunarvim.org or nvchad.github.io.

Viktor Busk

• Github: @ViktorBusk

• LunarVim: https://github.com/LunarVim/LunarVim
• NvChad: https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.