auto-session VS session-lens

Compare auto-session vs session-lens and see what are their differences.

auto-session

A small automated session manager for Neovim (by rmagatti)

session-lens

A session-switcher extension for rmagatti/auto-session using Telescope.nvim (by rmagatti)
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auto-session

Posts with mentions or reviews of auto-session. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-10.

session-lens

Posts with mentions or reviews of session-lens. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-13.
  • Auto-Session Removes modified buffers
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 13 Jul 2023
    I use auto-session for session management and session-lens telescope extension for switching the sessions. When I switch to a different session, auto-session clears all buffers from my current session, including the modified ones, without warning. I'm wondering if there are any ways to prevent losing my changes. For instance, can I save the modified buffers in the session and load them on session restore, or configure auto-session to give me a warning before switching to a new session if there are unsaved changes? Alternatively, is there a way to use Telescope to display a list of recently modified buffers, so that I can review them before switching sessions and take appropriate action?
  • which session manager for nvim
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 23 Feb 2022
    auto-session * Automatically save AND load session based on cwd * Customizable with optional hooks when saving and loading a session * Has a companion plugin for switching sessions through a telescope picker called session-lens
  • Any good ways to switch between existing sessions?
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 30 Apr 2021
    Hey author here, auto-session paired with session-lens (telescope extension) would give you the switching capabilities you seem to be looking for.
  • Session Lens - A neovim session switcher built on top of rmagatti/auto-session and Telescope.nvim
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 18 Apr 2021
    Session Lens - https://github.com/rmagatti/session-lens
  • Git Worktrees
    4 projects | /r/neovim | 14 Apr 2021
    Dropped something in your discord about it. I was also in the process of building a session switcher for my plugin as a telescope.nvim extension, finished today, probably still rough around the edges but here it is. https://github.com/rmagatti/session-lens

What are some alternatives?

When comparing auto-session and session-lens you can also consider the following projects:

neovim-session-manager - A simple wrapper around :mksession.

git-worktree.nvim

tabby.nvim - A declarative, highly configurable, and neovim style tabline plugin. Use your nvim tabs as a workspace multiplexer!

telescope-ui-select.nvim

nvim-reload - Plugin to easily reload your Neovim config

telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.

bracey.vim - live edit html, css, and javascript in vim

telescope-project.nvim

ticket.vim - Manges git branch specific vim session files

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