---
title: "NvChad/NvChad: An attempt to make neovim cli as functional as an IDE while being very beautiful , blazing fast."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/nvchad-nvchad-an-attempt-to-make-neovim-cli-as-functional-as-an-ide-while-being-very-beautiful-bl-g0zb-b2w4
source_url: https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad
type: article
source: "Changelog"
published: 2021-08-18T15:37:17.007Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:59:49.518Z
tags: ["cli", "devtools"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 27
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# NvChad/NvChad: An attempt to make neovim cli as functional as an IDE while being very beautiful , blazing fast.

**[Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/changelog)** · 4 min read · 27 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

NvChad has 38 plugins installed by default, yet it is still very fast because it uses the Packer plugin manager. Packer.nvim allows you to lazy load plugins, meaning they only get loaded when absolutely required. You can disable plugins you don't use in chardrc.lua .

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://github.com/NvChad/NvChad>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@gruningzen** · 1 upvotes

> must check this ASAP!

**@brnrdo** · 1 upvotes

> Hopefully this will draw me to get into the nvim way of editing code :) It looks neat. I wouldn't want to invest time into config files in order to get this layout, so this is pretty awesome.

**@sinname** · 0 upvotes

> GG's

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