α alpha-nvim

alpha is a fast and fully programmable greeter for neovim.

share or snipe some custom themes @ https://github.com/goolord/alpha-nvim/discussions/16

Quick Start

vim-startify theme

With lazy.nvim:

{
    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
    dependencies = { 'echasnovski/mini.icons' },
    config = function ()
        require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.startify'.config)
    end
};

With packer:

use {
    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
    requires = { 'echasnovski/mini.icons' },
    config = function ()
        require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.startify'.config)
    end
}

..or using paq:

require "paq" {
    "goolord/alpha-nvim";
    "echasnovski/mini.icons";
}
require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.startify'.config)

dashboard-nvim theme

With lazy.nvim:

{
    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
    config = function ()
        require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.dashboard'.config)
    end
};

With packer:

use {
    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
    config = function ()
        require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.dashboard'.config)
    end
}

..or using paq:

require "paq" {
    "goolord/alpha-nvim";
    "echasnovski/mini.icons";
}
require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.dashboard'.config)

Theta theme

With lazy.nvim:

{
    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
    dependencies = {
        'echasnovski/mini.icons',
        'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'
    },
    config = function ()
        require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.theta'.config)
    end
};

With packer:

use {
    'goolord/alpha-nvim',
    requires = {
        'echasnovski/mini.icons',
        'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'
    },
    config = function ()
        require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.dashboard'.config)
    end
}

..or using paq:

require "paq" {
    "goolord/alpha-nvim";
    "echasnovski/mini.icons";
    'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim';
}
require'alpha'.setup(require'alpha.themes.dashboard'.config)

if you want sessions, see

• https://github.com/Shatur/neovim-session-manager
• :h :mks

this theme makes some assumptions about your default keybindings to customize the buttons, see :h alpha-example

File Icons

theta/startify theme support file icons, default is enabled and mini icon provider is used.

• nvim-web-devicons
• mini-icons

if you prefer nvim-web-devicons icon provider, use the following example with lazy.nvim:

  {
    "goolord/alpha-nvim",
    -- dependencies = { 'echasnovski/mini.icons' },
    dependencies = { 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' },
    config = function()
      local startify = require("alpha.themes.startify")
      -- available: devicons, mini, default is mini
      -- if provider not loaded and enabled is true, it will try to use another provider
      startify.file_icons.provider = "devicons"
      require("alpha").setup(
        startify.config
      )
    end,
  },

Elevator pitch

alpha is really a general purpose neovim ui library with some conveniences for writing a greeter ui. it has a functional, data-oriented api design. themes are expressed entirely as data, which is what makes alpha "fully programmable". alpha is also the fastest greeter I've benchmarked (which is why I daily drive it myself!).

Profiling Results

• using https://github.com/lewis6991/impatient.nvim
• only config! doesn't measure drawing, some startup plugins won't measure drawing either

Special Thanks

• https://github.com/glepnir/dashboard-nvim - inspiration, code reference
• https://github.com/mhinz/vim-startify - inspiration