alt Hacker News> - d21b8c949ad7 pack: add built-in plugin manager `vim.pack
Can someone try to sell me this over lazy.nvim? I asked Claude to convert lazy config to pack and I was not happy with it because how verbose it turned out
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> how verbose it turned out
Verbose? The new plugin manager's interface is literature just vim.pack.add({url}), not sure what is verbose about that
I'm assuming there will be something like lazy.nvim built on top of vim.pack. Some of the conventions might go away (ie constantly calling `.setup`).
I always thought Vim/Nvim already had a built-in package manager, git clone inside ~/.vim/pack/*/start, am I missing anything by not using a "real" package manager?
It being built in sounds nice, although I have some lines in my config that automatically install lazy if it’s missing.
Tried to switch but found lazy.nvim better
Have a look here. This is incredible guide to the `vim.pack`.
https://echasnovski.com/blog/2026-03-13-a-guide-to-vim-pack....