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🛠️ Installation

You can find a starter template for LazyVim here

import Tabs from '@theme/Tabs'; import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';

Install the LazyVim Starter

• Make a backup of your current Neovim files:

  # required
  mv ~/.config/nvim{,.bak}
  
  # optional but recommended
  mv ~/.local/share/nvim{,.bak}
  mv ~/.local/state/nvim{,.bak}
  mv ~/.cache/nvim{,.bak}

• Clone the starter

  git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/starter ~/.config/nvim

• Remove the .git folder, so you can add it to your own repo later

  rm -rf ~/.config/nvim/.git

• Start Neovim!

  nvim

  Refer to the comments in the files on how to customize LazyVim.

Install the LazyVim Starter with PowerShell

• Make a backup of your current Neovim files:

  # required
  Move-Item $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim.bak
  
  # optional but recommended
  Move-Item $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data.bak

• Clone the starter

  git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/starter $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim

• Remove the .git folder, so you can add it to your own repo later

  Remove-Item $env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim\.git -Recurse -Force

• Start Neovim!

  nvim

  Refer to the comments in the files on how to customize LazyVim.

docker run -w /root -it --rm alpine:edge sh -uelic '
  apk add git lazygit fzf curl neovim ripgrep alpine-sdk --update
  git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/starter ~/.config/nvim
  cd ~/.config/nvim
  nvim
'

:::tip

It is recommended to run :LazyHealth after installation. This will load all plugins and check if everything is working correctly.

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