Paq

Paq is a Neovim package manager written in Lua.

Features

• Simple: Easy to use and configure
• Fast: Installs and updates packages concurrently using Neovim's event-loop
• Small: Around 150 LOC

Requirements

• git
• Neovim 0.4.4 (stable)

Installation

Clone this repository.

For Unix-like systems:

git clone https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git \
    "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/pack/paqs/opt/paq-nvim

For Windows:

git clone https://github.com/savq/paq-nvim.git "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\nvim-data\site\pack\paqs\opt\paq-nvim"

Usage

In your init.vim or init.lua, you can write something like:

lua << EOF

vim.cmd 'packadd paq-nvim'         -- Load package
local paq = require'paq-nvim'.paq  -- Import module and bind `paq` function
paq{'savq/paq-nvim', opt=true}     -- Let Paq manage itself

-- Add your packages

paq 'neovim/nvim-lspconfig'
paq 'nvim-lua/completion-nvim'
paq 'nvim-lua/lsp_extensions.nvim'

paq{'lervag/vimtex', opt=true}     -- Use braces when passing options

paq{'dracula/vim', as='dracula'}   -- Use `as` to alias a package name (here `vim`)

EOF

Then, run :PaqInstall.

In general, to add packages to Paq's list, call paq '<gh-username>/<repo>' inside a Lua chunk (or in a separate Lua module).

Commands

• PaqInstall: Install all packages listed in your configuration.
• PaqUpdate: Update all packages already on your system (it won't implicitly install them).
• PaqClean: Remove all packages (in Paq's directory) that aren't listed on your configuration.

Options

Option	Type
as	string	Name to use for the package locally
branch	string	Branch of the repository
opt	boolean	Is the package optional?
run	string	Shell command to run after install/update
run	function	Lua function to run after install/update
url	string	URL of the remote repository, useful for non-GitHub repos

For more details on each option, refer to the documentation.

NOTICE: The hook option is deprecated, and will be removed in Paq 1.0. Use run instead.

Related projects

You can find a comparison with Packer.nvim, and a migration guide from Vim8 plugin managers (vim-plug and Minpac) in the wiki.