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What is avalon.nvim?

serial-serialia/avalon.nvim — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

5LuaAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

In one sentence

A Neovim colorscheme plugin inspired by Fate/Stay Night's Saber, currently offering one theme called lake.

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Neovim colorscheme
      Saber inspired palette
    Tech stack
      Lua
      Neovim
    Use cases
      Theme editor
      Style customization
    Audience
      Neovim users
      Plugin developers
    Roadmap
      Light theme
      Plugin integrations

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Install a themed color scheme for the Neovim editor

USE CASE 2

Customize whether comments, keywords, and functions are bold or italic

USE CASE 3

Use as a reference for building your own Neovim colorscheme plugin

What is it built with?

LuaNeovim

How does it compare?

serial-serialia/avalon.nvimatcold/sota-modelsnklbdev/aseprite-stamp-brush
Stars564
LanguageLuaLuaLua
Last pushed2014-11-18
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity1/53/52/5
Audiencedeveloperresearcherdesigner

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

So what is it?

This repository is a color scheme plugin for the Neovim text editor, inspired by the character Saber from the Fate/Stay Night franchise. It changes how code looks in the editor, applying a themed palette of colors to text, comments, keywords, and functions. It can be installed through several popular Neovim plugin managers, including the built in vim.pack system or the lazy plugin manager. Once installed, a user turns it on by running the colorscheme avalon command, either directly in Vim or through the Lua API. The plugin can be configured with a small settings table. Right now it only ships with one theme option, called lake, though the README lists this as one of several planned themes to come. Users can also decide whether comments, keywords, and functions appear in bold, italic, underlined, or some combination of those styles. According to the README, the author was inspired by other well known Neovim color schemes, including Tokyonight, Kanagawa, and Catppuccin, and studied their code to learn how to build a color scheme plugin. The project describes some planned next steps, including support for plugin integrations, adding a light theme option, and improving the configuration system further. This is a small, focused visual customization tool rather than a full application: install it, pick the theme, and it changes the appearance of your code editor.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to install avalon.nvim with the lazy plugin manager
Prompt 2
Help me add a light theme option to this colorscheme plugin
Prompt 3
Explain how the styles table controls comments, keywords, and functions
Prompt 4
Show me how to switch to the avalon colorscheme using Lua

Frequently asked questions

What is avalon.nvim?

A Neovim colorscheme plugin inspired by Fate/Stay Night's Saber, currently offering one theme called lake.

What language is avalon.nvim written in?

Mainly Lua. The stack also includes Lua, Neovim.

How hard is avalon.nvim to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is avalon.nvim for?

Mainly developer.

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