Of course, if you really want a barebones setup, just run vim without plugins. But that wasn't your question, so here are my favorite plugins… Shougo/unite.vim

Of course, if you really want a barebones setup, just run vim without plugins. But that wasn't your question, so here are my favorite plugins… Shougo/unite.vim, airblade/vim-gitgutter, mbbill/undotree, junegunn/goyo.vim, junegunn/vim-easy-align, gerw/vim-HiLinkTrace (handy for tweaking colorschemes)