A Guide to vim.pack (Neovim built-in plugin manager)

Neovim 0.12 introduces vim.pack, a built-in plugin manager implemented in Lua, eliminating the need for third-party plugin managers. The guide covers prerequisite concepts including Lua basics (tables, functions, init.lua) and Neovim's runtime file system (runtimepath, Lua modules, plugin/ftplugin directories). It details standard paths such as the user config directory (~/.config/nvim) and the site data directory (~/.local/share/nvim/site) where plugins are installed.