indium114/unobtrusive-relnums.nvim

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2026-01-22

UPDATED

2026-03-27

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unobtrusive-relnums.nvim

unobtrusive-relnums.nvim is a Neovim plugin that adds unobtrusive relative line numbers to the sign column.

I wrote this plugin for a very specific reason:

I don't like how the default relative line numbers look,
but I don't hate the idea of them.

More specifically, I dont' like how visually busy they are by constantly shifting around the current line number. I also don't like how it obscures the exact line numbers.

Installation (lazy.nvim)

return {
    "indium114/unobtrusive-relnums.nvim",
    opts = {}
}

Configuration

This is the default configuration with all available options, tweak it as you please.

opts = {
    step         = 5,        -- The increments that the relative numbers should be in
    max_distance = 200,      -- The maximum distance that the numbers render for, in lines
    sign_hl      = "Comment" -- The highlighting group to use as the colour of the numbers
    priority     = 1         -- The rendering priority on the sign column
    cursor_icon  = "⬤"       -- The character to render in the sign column on the current line
}