Neovim terminal / command runners/window

Terminal / command window

Run code in Nvim

• toggleterm
  • Lua, recently updated
  • manage multiple terminal windows
• Neoterm
  • Last commit 2023-03

Command/task runners

Overseer

• GitHub
• Built-in support for many task frameworks (make, npm, cargo, .vscode/tasks.json, etc)
• Supports Taskfile
• Supports toggleterm
• Default task runner in LazyVim, enabled by overseer extra

Issues:

• How to use WatchRun example with toggleterm strategy

Other

• Overseer alternatives

• runner.nvim

  • Lua
  • Uses Telescope

• asyncrun.vim

  • VimScript/Lua
  • Different runners like toggleterm
  • Issue: Terminal columns/width reported to be 80 columns
    • No response after 3/4 year :/

• asynctasks

  • VimScript/Python
  • Uses asyncrun to introduce VScode's task system to vim
  • Building/running/testing/deploying tasks
  • Project and global config support

• sniprun

  • Lua + Rust
  • Partial selection runner

• VStasks A telescope plugin that runs tasks similar to VS Code's task implementation.

• neovim-tasks A statefull task manager focused on integration with build systems.

Potentially stale

• code_runner.nvim
  • lua
  • Last commit 2023-05
• projectlaunch
  • Last commit 2023-04
• toggletasks
  • Lua
  • Own task syntax :/
  • Uses telescope and toggleterm
  • Last commit 2023-03

Stale

• jaq-nvim
  • Last commit 2022-10
• vim-dispatch by tpope
  • vim-script
  • Last commit 2022-01
• vim-terminator
  • Last commit 2022-04
• vim-quickrun
  • vimscript
  • No docs, only vim help
  • Last commit 2022-07
• mg979/tasks.vim
  • Last commit 2022-08
• GustavoKatel/tasks.nvim
  • Lua
  • package.json, tasksjson (vscode) support
  • Telescope integration
  • Last commit 2022-05
• yabs.nvim:
  • rewrite pending
  • Last commit 2022-05
• neomake
  • vimscript
  • Last commit 2022-02
• AsyncCommand
  • Last commit 2020
• vim-hooks
  • Last commit 2021
• Taskfile.nvim
  • Last commit 2018
• vim-shell-executor
  • Last commit 2016
• AutoRun
  • Last commit 2015