Replace Obsidian or Notion with a fully keyboard-driven note-taking system that lives inside your existing Neovim setup.
Manage project tasks and track time spent on work items without leaving the terminal.
Write documents or slideshows in the .norg format and keep them version-controlled alongside your code.
| nvim-neorg/neorg | docker-archive-public/docker.dockercraft | catppuccin/nvim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 7,302 | 7,421 | 7,430 |
| Language | Lua | Lua | Lua |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires Neovim 0.10 or newer and luarocks installed on your system before the plugin can be set up.
Neorg is a plugin for Neovim, a keyboard-driven text editor popular with programmers. The plugin turns Neovim into a full personal organization system: note-taking, task and project management, time tracking, slideshows, and document writing all live inside the same tool. If you are not already a Neovim user, Neorg is not something you would install on its own. Everything in Neorg is built around a single custom file format called .norg. The idea is that you learn one format once and then every feature in Neorg speaks that same language. Notes, tasks, and documents all live in .norg files, so they can reference each other and stay consistent. The format is designed to be readable as plain text even outside of Neovim. Installation is described in the README as slightly more complex than average. You need Neovim version 0.10 or newer, plus a Lua package manager called luarocks on your system. The README covers three plugin managers: rocks.nvim (the recommended path), lazy.nvim, and the now-unmaintained packer.nvim. A kickstart configuration is also available for people who do not have an existing Neovim setup and want to get going without prior configuration knowledge. The project describes itself as stable but young, and warns that breaking changes do appear between versions. Version 9.0.0, for example, introduced changes that affected existing workflows. The README links a blog post explaining what changed, and suggests pinning to a specific version and only updating when you are ready to deal with any adjustments. Neorg is licensed under GPL v3 and has an active community on both Discord and Zulip. The project is written in Lua, which is the standard language for Neovim plugins. A video tutorial series on YouTube and a wiki are available for people who want to go deeper after installation.
A Neovim plugin that turns the keyboard-driven text editor into a full personal organizer for notes, tasks, project tracking, and documents, all using a single custom .norg file format.
Mainly Lua. The stack also includes Lua, Neovim, luarocks.
Licensed under GPL v3, you can use, modify, and distribute it freely, but any software you distribute that includes this code must also be released under GPL v3.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
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