Paq

Paq is a Neovim package manager written in Lua.

Features

• Simple: Easy to use and configure
• Fast: Installs and updates packages concurrently using Nvim's event-loop
• Small: Around 150 LOC

Requirements

• git
• Neovim 0.4.4 (stable)

Installation

Clone this repository.

For Unix-like systems:

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

For Windows:

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

Usage

In your init.vim or init.lua, you can write something like:

lua << EOF

vim.cmd 'packadd paq-nvim'         -- Load package
local paq = require'paq-nvim'.paq  -- Import module and bind `paq` function
paq{'savq/paq-nvim', opt=true}     -- Let Paq manage itself

-- Add your packages

paq 'neovim/nvim-lspconfig'
paq 'nvim-lua/completion-nvim'
paq 'nvim-lua/lsp_extensions.nvim'

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

paq{'dracula/vim', as='dracula'}   -- Use `as` to alias a package name (here `vim`)

EOF

Then, run :PaqInstall.

In general, to add packages to Paq's list, call paq '<gh-username>/<repo>' inside a Lua chunk (or in a separate Lua module).

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.

Options

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

NOTICE: The hook option is deprecated, and will be removed in Paq 1.0. Use run instead.

Related projects

Vim and Neovim have no shortage of package managers. You can find a comparison with Packer.nvim, and a migration guide from Vim8 plugin managers in the wiki.