indentmini.nvim

January 4, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

An indentation plugin born for the pursuit of minimalism, speed and stability.
It renders in the NeoVim screen redraw circle and should keep the NeoVim fast.

Install

Install with any plugin manager or as a NeoVim package.

Configuration

KeyDescriptionDefault
charCharacter to draw the indentation guides<BAR>
enabledDefault state of the plugintrue
excludeDisable in these filetypes{}
exclude_nodetypeTreeSitter classes where guides are not drawn{}
keyHotkey to toggle the guides''
minlevelMinimum level where indentation is drawn0
only_currentonly highlight current indentation levelfalse

Example

The plugin supports lazy-loading:

-- Either declare `vim.g.indentmini_key` before you load the plugin:
vim.g.indentmini_key = '<F5>'

-- or use your plugin manager, for example Lazy.nvim:
{
    url = 'https://github.com/nvimdev/indentmini.nvim',
    cmd = { 'IndentToggle', 'IndentEnable', 'IndentDisable' },
    keys = {
        {'<F5>', '<Cmd>IndentToggle<CR>', desc = 'Toggle indent guides'},
    },
    lazy = true,
    config = function()
        require("indentmini").setup({
            only_current = false,
            enabled = false,
            char = 'โ–',
            key = '<F5>', -- optional, can be set here if you don't lazy-load
            minlevel = 2,
            exclude = { 'markdown', 'help', 'text', 'rst' },
            exclude_nodetype = { 'string', 'comment' }
        })
    end
}

Toggle functionality

You can toggle the guides via:

Commands

  • :IndentToggle - Toggle indent guides on/off
  • :IndentEnable - Enable indent guides
  • :IndentDisable - Disable indent guides

Hotkey

For lazy-loading setups, set the global variable before the plugin loads:

vim.g.indentmini_key = '<F5>'

For non-lazy setups, use the key option in setup():

require("indentmini").setup({
    key = '<F5>',
})

API

local indentmini = require("indentmini")
indentmini.toggle()
indentmini.enable()
indentmini.disable()

Colours

The plugin uses IndentLine* highlight groups and provides no default values.

vim.cmd.highlight('IndentLine guifg=#123456')
vim.cmd.highlight('IndentLineCurrent guifg=#123456')

Licence

MIT