# lazy.nvim

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/lazy-nvim/

6 people recommended lazy.nvim in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Neovim 0.12.0”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a capable Neovim plugin loader with lazy loading and dependency handling, though some warn against tying your config to its maker's other plugins.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 9 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast lazy loading (2 comments in the sample): "Lazy loading is really neat and lazy.nvim's ability to specify plugin dependencies isn't something vim.pack has either." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566404)) "lazy.nvim loaded faster, but the less my config relies on folke the better" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249260))

## Other Vim plugins people recommend

- [Sidekick.nvim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidekick/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [vim-fugitive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vim-fugitive/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [CodeCompanion.nvim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/codecompanion/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize
- [IdeaVim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ideavim/): 6 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "lazy.nvim", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lazy-nvim/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.