Nvchad does not seem to work

[Pierre-Thibault]

In my nixvim config, I added:

  extraPlugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
    nvchad
    nvchad-ui
  ];

But I see no effect when I run nix run.

Am I missing something?

[GaetanLepage]

You probably need to add the necessary lua initialization code using extraConfigLua.
What you have for now is only adding the plugin to the vim runtime path.

[Pierre-Thibault]

OK, and what is the extra Lua code to add?

[GaetanLepage]

This depend on the plugin, usually, it will look like:

extraPlugins = [ pkgs.vimPlugins.foo-nvim ];

extraConfigLua = ''
  require('foo').setup({
    bar = true,
    limit = 42,
  })
'';

However, nvchad is a full neovim distribution, not a simple plugin.
I don't think it can then be used as a regular plugin.
If you want a distribution-like experience with Nixvim, you can check other users' configurations (see Akari for example).