README.md
April 28, 2026 · View on GitHub
Warning
V2 is under active development with many breaking changes. Consider staying on stable by using branch = 'v1' or version = "1.*" in your lazy.nvim config.
For V2, blink.lib must be installed via your package manager. See the UPGRADE.md for a detailed migration guide.
Blink Completion (blink.cmp)
Performant, batteries-included completion plugin for Neovim
V1 Documentation · V2 Documentation · Installation · Recipes · Configuration
blink.cmp is a completion plugin with support for LSPs, cmdline, signature help, and snippets. It uses an optional custom fuzzy matcher for typo resistance. It provides extensibility via pluggable sources (LSP, buffer, snippets, etc), component based rendering and dynamic configuration.
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Features
- Works out of the box with no additional configuration
- Updates on every keystroke (0.5-4ms async, single core)
- Typo resistant fuzzy with frecency and proximity bonus
- Extensive LSP support (tracker)
- Snippet support: native
vim.snippet(includingfriendly-snippets),LuaSnipandmini.snippets - External sources support (community sources and compatibility layer for
nvim-cmpsources) - Auto-bracket support based on semantic tokens
- Signature help (experimental, opt-in)
- Command line completion
- Terminal completion (0.11+ only! No source for shell completions exists yet, contributions welcome!)
- Comparison with built-in completion
- Comparison with nvim-cmp
Installation
Head over to the V1 documentation website for installation instructions and configuration options.
For V2, use the documentation website tracking main.
Special Thanks
- @hrsh7th nvim-cmp used as inspiration and cmp-path/cmp-cmdline implementations modified for path/cmdline sources
- @garymjr nvim-snippets implementation modified for snippets source
- @redxtech Help with design and testing
- @aaditya-sahay Help with rust, design and testing
Contributors
- @stefanboca Author of blink.compat and maintainer
- @soifou Maintainer
- @lopi-py Windowing code
- @scottmckendry CI and prebuilt binaries
- @balssh + @konradmalik Nix flake, nixpkg and nixvim
- @abeldekat mini.snippets source
- @FelipeLema vsnip source
- @wurli Terminal completions
- @mikavilpas + @xzbdmw Dot-repeat (
.) - @FerretDetective
complete_funcsource - @krovuxdev Community moderation and help