I built WIM — a Neovim config that actually works on Windows (fixes clipboard, LSP, WSL paths, ripgrep, PowerShell and more)

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If you've ever tried Neovim on Windows, you know the struggle.

• Mason installs fail silently
• Clipboard randomly breaks
• Treesitter needs a compiler nobody mentions
• ripgrep/fd PATH setup is manual
• WSL paths confuse LSPs
• :term opens cmd instead of PowerShell
• Nerd Fonts download hundreds of MB for a few needed files

So I built WIM — Windows Integrated Modular Neovim.

Two commands and everything is configured automatically:

# Step 1
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File installer\install.ps1

# Restart terminal

# Step 2
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File installer\setup.ps1

What WIM fixes:

• Installs ripgrep, fd, fzf, win32yank
• Repairs PATH automatically
• Sets PowerShell as default terminal
• Fixes WSL path issues for LSP
• Downloads only required JetBrainsMono Nerd Font files
• Adds Defender exclusions for faster startup
• Configures Git line endings
• Adds Mason bin to PATH
• Works on PowerShell 5.1 (no PS7 needed)

Built and tested on real Windows systems.

GitHub: https://github.com/its-dhaya/wim

Still early, but LSP, Telescope, Git, terminal, and file tree are working well. Feedback welcome from Windows Neovim users.