vim.pack
Shares rank 6 of 7 Vim plugins by recommenders
Neovim's built-in plugin manager, liked for its simple vim.pack.add({url}) interface and for being built in. Common caveat: setups get verbose when replicating lazy-loading features.
Neovim's built-in plugin manager, liked for its simple vim.pack.add({url}) interface and for being built in. Common caveat: setups get verbose when replicating lazy-loading features.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Verbose configuration
“there's some verbosity to bear with”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “Neovim 0.12.0” “If you want to replicate the lazy features then it will get verbose”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “Neovim 0.12.0” “I was not happy with it because how verbose it turned out”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “Neovim 0.12.0” Lockfile gets out of sync
“pack's lockfile kept getting out of sync, and pack didn't handle it well and sometimes even crashed”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Lisp in Vim (2019)” “pack's lockfile kept getting out of sync”
Comment from 23 May 2026 in “Lisp in Vim (2019)”
Other Vim plugins people recommend
The four most recommended other Vim plugins, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vim-fugitive | 10 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| IdeaVim | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| Sidekick.nvim | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| lazy.nvim | 8 | 1 | 89% | 2 | — | — |
| vim.packThis page | 5 | 4 | 56% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“pack's lockfile kept getting out of sync, and pack didn't handle it well and sometimes even crashed”
“pack's lockfile kept getting out of sync”
“using vim.packs unused `data` for config merging and it works well enough”
“there's some verbosity to bear with”
“I'd guess if you don't care about lazy loading and OK with just loading everything all the time - vim.pack is great to have.”
“If you want to replicate the lazy features then it will get verbose”
“The new plugin manager's interface is literature just vim.pack.add({url})”
“Tried to switch but found lazy.nvim better”
“It being built in sounds nice”
“I was not happy with it because how verbose it turned out”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.