Vim snippets

Snippet engines

• nvim-snippets
• Luasnip
  • Lua
  • Available as Lazyim extra
  • Supports: VScode, Snipmate, Lua snippets
• nvim-cmp supported snippet engines
• nvim-snippy
  • SnipMate compatibles
  • Supports honza/vim-snippets
• vsnip
  • VimScript
• neosnippet
  • Vimscript
  • Note: Active development on neosnippet.vim has stopped. The only future changes will be bug fixes.
• Ultisnips, see below

nvim-snippets

• GitHub
• "Snippet support using native neovim snippets"
• Uses vim.snippet under the hood for snippet expansion
• Default snippet engine in LazyVim
• Supports vscode style snippets, i.e. friendly-snippets
• Example snippet
• Snippet search path: ~/.config/nvim/snippets

UltiSnips

• Github,
• Python
• Bad docs

Show list of snippets available for filetype: <F2> Otherwise <tab> will complete snippets.

Snippet syntax

Vscode / LSP syntax

• LSP snippetSyntax docs
• Snippet collections: friendly-snippets Set of preconfigured snippets for different languages
• Disadvantage: JSON :/
• Example shell snippets

Snipmate snippets

• Snipmate snippet syntax is easy to read and maintain
• Can't find a syntax documentation source of truth
• LuaSnip docs for Snipmate syntax
• Original vim-snipmate plugin
• honza/vim-snippets
• Example shell snippets

Lua snippets

• Available as Lazyim extra
• Horrible Lua snippet syntax
• LuaSnip-snippets.nvim Neovim plugin that provides snippets for the LuaSnip plugin
  • LuaSnip-snippets Python snippet example

Ultisnip syntax

• Extensible
• Example snippets from honza/vim-snippets