swank.nvim Wiki

Pure-Lua Neovim-native Common Lisp development via the Swank protocol.

Page	Description
Features	Full feature list and roadmap
Architecture	How the layers fit together; async model; event dispatch
Configuration	Full `setup()` option reference
Completions	blink.cmp, nvim-cmp, and omnifunc setup
Keybindings	Default keymaps, LSP-compatible overrides, customisation
REPL	REPL usage, window layout, auto-open behaviour
Protocol	Swank S-expression framing internals (for contributors)
Contributing	Coverage floor, test placement, code style
Testing	Test infrastructure, how to run tests, writing new tests

Quick start

{
  "corigne/swank.nvim",
  ft   = { "lisp", "commonlisp" },
  opts = {},
}

Open any .lisp or .cl file. swank.nvim spawns SBCL and connects automatically. The REPL appears as soon as the server is ready.

To connect to an already-running Swank server instead (e.g. on a remote host), disable autostart and use <Leader>lc to connect manually.