# Sidekick.nvim

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidekick/

9 people recommended Sidekick.nvim in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A Neovim plugin that opens a real terminal window beside your editor with many AI agents to choose from, built on an architecture people praise for AI agents.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Real terminal beside editor with many agents (2 comments in the sample): "Sidekick.nvim is nice, you get a "real" terminal window on the side with many different agents to choose from." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47566490)) "interesting harnesses that are unique to neovim like sidekick" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48860098))
- Architecture suited to building AI agents (2 comments in the sample): "Interesting architecture! seems its the correct way to build ai bots and agents." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064952)) "Sidekick was purpose built to lean into new interaction dynamics" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49940781))

## Other Vim plugins people recommend

- [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
- [lazy.nvim](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lazy-nvim/): 6 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 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, "Sidekick.nvim", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidekick/ (9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.