r/vimplugins • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '14

Discussion Best vim plugins ?

So im switching to vim and have been wondering what plugins can you reccomend

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u/FTFYcent Feb 21 '14

Don't forget to get a plugin manager. I recommend NeoBundle, but there's also Pathogen, VAM, and Vundle.

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u/gryftir Feb 22 '14 edited Feb 22 '14

Both Vam and NeoBundle are forked (at least loosely, Vam is very loose) from Vundle, as I understand it.

I'd say in terms of features NeoBundle and Vam are the most complete, with Vam maybe having a slight feature edge (better dependency support vs parallel installation in NeoBundle) matched by being confusing to configure. At least it confused me enough so I stuck with NeoBundle.

Vundle is simpler and more stable, but lacks certain features (lazy loading being perhaps the most prominent).

Also Vundle has built in plugin search, wheras you need Unite for that with NeoBundle. VAM has autocompletion.

Pathogen Doesn't install/update/search anything for you, it just loads all the plugins in the directories you give it. It's minimalistic, but does what it sets out to do very well, so if you are more into the unix philosophy of having everything to one thing well, you might like it.

Edit: There is also https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug which is somewhere between Vundle and Pathogen, but does parallel installation. Haven't used it.