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Setting up Neovim as a full IDE in 2026

I wrote a comprehensive guide on setting up Neovim with lazy.nvim, LSP, Treesitter, and Telescope. Covers everything from scratch for anyone wanting to ditch VS Code.

The config handles Python, Rust, Go, and TypeScript out of the box. Happy to answer questions about specific language setups.

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Excellent guide! I have been meaning to switch from VS Code but the initial setup always intimidated me. Your lazy.nvim config made it painless. Rust LSP works perfectly.

How does this handle multi-file refactoring? That is the one thing keeping me on JetBrains IDEs.

With the new LSP rename functionality it handles multi-file refactoring surprisingly well. Not quite IntelliJ level but 90% there for most languages.

Added your Telescope config to my setup and wow the fuzzy finding is fast. Completely replaced my need for a file tree plugin.

The debugging setup with nvim-dap is what I was missing. Your DAP config for Python finally made debugging in Neovim actually usable for me.

For anyone following this guide, make sure you install ripgrep and fd-find first. Telescope needs them for live grep and file finding.

Just set this up from scratch following your guide. Took about 30 minutes and everything works. Thank you for making this beginner-friendly!

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