render.nvim

Async document compilation for Neovim.

A framework for compiling documents (LaTeX, Typst, Markdown, etc.) asynchronously with error diagnostics. Ships with zero defaults — you configure your own providers.

Features

• Async compilation via vim.system()
• Compiler errors as native vim.diagnostic
• User events for extensibility (RenderCompileStarted, RenderCompileSuccess, RenderCompileFailed)
• :checkhealth integration
• Zero dependencies beyond Neovim 0.10.0+

Requirements

• Neovim >= 0.10.0
• A compiler binary for each provider you configure

Installation

-- lazy.nvim
{ 'barrettruth/render.nvim' }

" luarocks
:Rocks install render.nvim

Configuration

vim.g.render = {
  providers = {
    typst = {
      cmd = { 'typst', 'compile' },
      args = function(ctx)
        return { ctx.file }
      end,
      output = function(ctx)
        return ctx.file:gsub('%.typ$', '.pdf')
      end,
    },
    latexmk = {
      cmd = { 'latexmk' },
      args = { '-pdf', '-interaction=nonstopmode' },
      clean = { 'latexmk', '-c' },
    },
  },
  providers_by_ft = {
    typst = 'typst',
    tex = 'latexmk',
  },
}

Documentation

See :help render.nvim for full documentation.