vim-koja

A Vim and Neovim plugin for the Koja programming language: syntax highlighting, indentation, and :make integration via the koja compiler.

Features

• Filetype detection for .koja and .kojs.
• Syntax highlighting (keywords, types, strings with interpolation, numbers, annotations, comments).
• Auto-indentation that follows block openers (fn, if, match, for, …) and dedents on end / else / after / when.
• matchit support — jump between block delimiters (fn…end, if…else…end, …) with %.
• :make integration: runs koja check and populates the quickfix list with parsed errors and warnings.

This plugin covers syntax and editing only. For language-server features, pair it with koja-lsp through your LSP client (see below).

Requirements

• Vim or Neovim.
• The koja compiler on your $PATH for :make. Installing Koja via asdf provides it. Otherwise, see the installation guide.

Installation

With vim-plug:

Plug 'koja-lang/vim-koja'

With lazy.nvim:

{ "koja-lang/vim-koja" }

Or without a plugin manager, as a native package:

# Vim
git clone https://github.com/koja-lang/vim-koja ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/vim-koja
# Neovim
git clone https://github.com/koja-lang/vim-koja ~/.config/nvim/pack/plugins/start/vim-koja

Language server (optional)

This plugin handles syntax and indentation only. For diagnostics, completion, and go-to-definition, run the koja-lsp server (installed alongside the koja compiler) through any LSP client — Neovim's built-in LSP, coc.nvim, or vim-lsp. It communicates over stdio and treats the directory containing koja.toml as the project root.

Contributing

Standard Vim runtimepath layout — the repository root is the plugin:

• ftdetect/koja.vim — maps *.koja / *.kojs to the koja filetype.
• ftplugin/koja.vim — buffer-local options (indent width, comments, matchit pairs) and selects the koja compiler.
• syntax/koja.vim — highlighting rules.
• indent/koja.vim — indentexpr-based auto-indentation.
• compiler/koja.vim — makeprg and errorformat for :make (runs koja check).