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GitHub - ExploitEngineer/chadvim: NvChad base + LazyVim muscle-memory keybindings. Tuned for cybersecurity, low-level systems, and full-stack work — C/C++, Rust, Go, Python, TS/Next.js with full LSP, DAP debugging, and REST/DB tooling.

Personal Neovim configuration: NvChad v2.5 base + LazyVim muscle-memory keybindings, tuned for cybersecurity, low-level systems programming, and full-stack development.

Built on the NvChad starter skeleton — NvChad provides the UI (statusline, tabufline, themes, dashboard) and core plumbing; LazyVim's high-frequency keymaps are ported on top wherever the underlying plugin exists. This is a hybrid, not a LazyVim clone: no snacks.nvim, no noice — telescope and nvim-tree stay.

Install

Prerequisites (Arch): git ripgrep fd nodejs npm go rust lazygit gcc make unzip curl python and a Nerd Font. rustfmt comes from the rust package; rust-analyzer is installed via Mason.

git clone <this-repo> ~/.config/nvim
nvim                  # first run: lazy.nvim bootstraps and installs everything
:MasonInstallAll      # LSP servers, formatters, debug adapters (async, run once)

Docs

  • docs/CODE-TOUR.md — reading order, load order, what lives where, "where do I add X"
  • docs/CONCEPTS.md — LSP, DAP, Mason, lazy.nvim, treesitter, conform, base46 … explained

Structure

init.lua                  unchanged starter bootstrap (lazy.nvim + NvChad v2.5 import)
lua/chadrc.lua            theme + :MasonInstallAll package list
lua/options.lua           LazyVim option ports, sessionoptions, mason PATH
lua/autocmds.lua          yank highlight, restore last location, sql cmp source
lua/mappings.lua          THE keybinding layer: nvchad.mappings + conflict fixes + ports
lua/configs/
  lspconfig.lua           on_attach override + vim.lsp.config/enable (nvim 0.11+ API)
  conform.lua             formatters_by_ft + toggleable format-on-save
  dap.lua                 codelldb / debugpy / js-debug adapters, dap-ui wiring
lua/plugins/
  init.lua                core overrides: conform, lspconfig, treesitter, which-key groups
  editor.lua              flash, trouble, todo-comments, grug-far, harpoon2, persistence, mini.surround
  git.lua                 gitsigns keymaps, diffview
  dap.lua                 nvim-dap stack
  lang.lua                rustaceanvim, crates.nvim, schemastore
  tools.lua               kulala (REST), dadbod (DB)

Languages

Language LSP Formatter DAP
C / C++ clangd (clang-tidy on) clang-format codelldb
Assembly asm-lsp — —
Rust rust-analyzer via rustaceanvim rustfmt (system) codelldb via :RustLsp debuggables
Python basedpyright + ruff ruff (imports + format) debugpy
Go gopls (gofumpt, staticcheck) goimports + gofumpt delve (nvim-dap-go)
JS / TS / Next.js vtsls + biome biome js-debug-adapter (pwa-node)
Web html, cssls, tailwindcss prettier (css/html/md/yaml) —
Lua lua_ls (NvChad default) stylua —
Misc jsonls+yamlls (schemastore), bashls, dockerls shfmt —

Keybindings

<leader> = space. Press <leader> and wait for the which-key popup. NvChad defaults not listed here still apply (<Tab>/<S-Tab> buffer cycle, <leader>th theme picker, <C-n> tree, <A-i/h/v> terminals, …).

Changed from stock NvChad (why: LazyVim muscle memory)

Key Now Was
<leader>e Explorer toggle NvimTreeFocus
<leader>/ Live grep Toggle comment (use gcc / gc)
<leader>h Harpoon menu Horizontal terminal (<A-h> remains)
<leader>ds DAP session Diagnostic loclist
<leader>D DBUI toggle LSP type definition (use gy)

General

Key Action
<S-h> / <S-l> Prev / next buffer
<leader>bd / <leader>bo Delete buffer / delete others
<A-j> / <A-k> Move line/selection down/up (n,i,v)
<leader>- / <leader>| / <leader>wd Split below / right / close window
<C-/> Bottom terminal (same toggle as <A-h>; <A-i> = floating)
<leader>gg Lazygit (floating)
s / S Flash jump / Flash treesitter
gsa / gsd / gsr Surround add / delete / replace
<leader>uw ud ul uL uf uF Toggle wrap / diagnostics / numbers / relnumber / autoformat global / buffer
<leader>qs ql qS qd Session restore / last / select / stop
<leader>H, <leader>1-5 Harpoon add, jump to slot

Find / search

Key Action
<leader><space> <leader>ff Find files
<leader>, <leader>fb Buffers
<leader>/ <leader>sg <leader>fw Live grep
<leader>sw Grep word under cursor
<leader>sb Buffer fuzzy find
<leader>sk / <leader>sh / <leader>: Keymaps / help / command history
<leader>sR Resume last picker
<leader>st / <leader>sT Todo comments (all / TODO+FIX only)
<leader>sr Search & replace (grug-far)

LSP / code (buffer-local, on attach)

Key Action
gd gr gI gy gD Definition / references / implementation / type def / declaration
K / gK / <C-k> (i) Hover / signature help
<leader>ca Code action
<leader>cr (also <leader>ra) Rename
<leader>cf (also <leader>fm) Format
<leader>cd Line diagnostics
<leader>ss / <leader>sS Document / workspace symbols
]d [d ]e [e ]w [w Next/prev diagnostic / error / warning
<leader>xx xX xl xq xt Trouble: diagnostics / buffer / loclist / quickfix / todos
<leader>cs Symbols outline (Trouble)

Git

Key Action
]h / [h Next / prev hunk
<leader>ghs ghr ghS ghR Stage / reset hunk, stage / reset buffer
<leader>ghp / <leader>ghd Preview hunk inline / diff this
<leader>gb / <leader>ghb Blame line (short / full)
<leader>gd / <leader>gf / <leader>gF Diffview / file history / repo history
<leader>gt / <leader>cm Git status / commits (telescope, NvChad)

Debug (DAP)

Key Action
<leader>db / <leader>dB Toggle / conditional breakpoint
<leader>dc / <leader>da Continue / run with args
<leader>di do dO Step into / out / over
<leader>dC / <leader>dg Run to cursor / go to line
<leader>dj dk Down / up stack frame
<leader>dl dr ds dt dP Run last / REPL / session / terminate / pause
<leader>du / <leader>de / <leader>dw Dap UI / eval / widgets

REST & DB

Key Action
<leader>Rs Ra Rr Send request / send all / replay (.http files)
<leader>Ri Rc Rt Inspect / copy as cURL / toggle headers-body
<leader>Rn Rp Rq Rb Next / prev request, close UI, scratchpad
<leader>D Toggle DBUI

Maintenance notes

  • Update: :Lazy update. After NvChad updates, re-check that the LSP <leader>D shadow fix still holds (:map <leader>D in an LSP buffer should show only DBUI) — it relies on nvchad.configs.lspconfig resolving on_attach at LspAttach time.
  • Broken highlights after update/theme edit: rebuild the base46 cache — :Lazy build base46 or rm -rf ~/.local/share/nvim/base46.
  • Mappings load order: lua/mappings.lua runs after lazy setup, so NvChad's own maps would clobber plugin keys= specs on the same LHS. Keys that collide (harpoon, dap, dbui) are defined in mappings.lua as require() closures — keep new colliding keys there, not in plugin specs.
  • Biome in monorepos: nested packages need "extends" from the root biome.json or the server won't attach.
  • codelldb: adapter shim at ~/.local/share/nvim/mason/bin/codelldb; fallback path is mason/packages/codelldb/extension/adapter/codelldb.