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lib.nvim

Reusable Lua and Neovim helpers — one tested base under a whole set of plugins. Extracted from a private Neovim configuration so that personal plugins can share a single set of helpers as a dependency instead of each carrying its own copy. It has no third-party dependencies — only vim and itself.

status

beta — Beta stage — active development. This repository is past its first shape and in active use, but the surface is not frozen: breaking changes are still possible. Pin a commit or tag if you depend on it.

category

Foundation

neovim

0.10+

repo

github.com/StefanBartl/lib.nvim

commits

730

help

:help lib

install

{
  "StefanBartl/lib.nvim",
  opts = {},
}

docs/

• BINDINGS.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• GUIDE-ui-kit.md
• MODULE_AUDIT.md
• README.md
• WORKFLOW.md
• architecture.md
• configuration.md
• conventions.md
• health.md
• help.md
• installation.md
• modules.md
• quickstart.md
• usage.md

git log

1. 2026-10-03 fix markdown.frontmatter: quote number-like strings in numbers mode, refuse prose blocks, unique temp name
2. 2026-10-03 feat markdown.frontmatter: flat-YAML frontmatter parse/patch with byte-exact roundtrip
3. 2026-10-03 refactor system.rpc_pipe: Windows detection through cross.platform.is_windows
4. 2026-10-03 test system.rpc_pipe: restore env and stop pipes even when an assertion throws, clear PLENARY_TEST_TIMEOUT too
5. 2026-10-03 fix system.rpc_pipe: do not export NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS by default (child nvims died), report the pipe name via get_address, opt-in export, spec
6. 2026-10-01 feat window: focus_helpers absorbs debugging.nvim's duplicate copy
7. 2026-10-01 fix ui.kit: message_log mirror -- 'more above' hint needs topfill to show
8. 2026-10-01 fix ui.kit: message_log mirror -- resize-to-content + has_more_older fix
9. 2026-10-01 fix messages: floor a fractional ring_size before it indexes the ring
10. 2026-10-01 fix messages: revert the vim.ui_attach float-guard, it broke attach entirely
11. 2026-10-01 docs messages: attach policy now checks noice's running state, not load state
12. 2026-10-01 fix ui.kit: cap message_log entries, hoist its namespaces