fern.vim
🌿 General purpose asynchronous tree viewer written in Pure Vim script (by lambdalisue)
vim-dirvish
Directory viewer for Vim :zap: (by justinmk)
| fern.vim | vim-dirvish | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 11 | |
| 1,236 | 1,156 | |
| - | - | |
| 6.8 | 4.6 | |
| about 1 month ago | 29 days ago | |
| Vim Script | Vim Script | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
fern.vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of fern.vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-26.
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Which file explorer do you use?
fern.vim
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Nvim-tree or ??
fern.vim is my current favorite.
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Fern.vim now supports nvim-web-devicons
Fern.vim is a fantastic asynchronous tree viewer plugin written in pure vimpscript developed by [lambalisue][https://github.com/lambdalisue).
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Need a faster and lightweight file tree
I'd be interested in hearing if fern doesn't do what you want.
- what is your startup time?
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Fernvim a high availability high performance and modern config
There is a long established plugin named fern.vim that has nearly 1,000 stars.
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Can I have icons in netrw?
I don't think you can, but it's possible with Fern: https://github.com/lambdalisue/fern.vim
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fern.vim file tree now supports Neovim's winbar
One of the reasons I like fern.vim is that it provides window selector functionality out of the box as noted here.
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How to use fern open/split commands from drawer.
Basically I want to be able to open files from the Fern drawer browser into new splits. I can see that the commands I want exist here: https://github.com/lambdalisue/fern.vim/wiki/Mappings and look like "open:above" and similar. How do I enter these commands?
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FAVOURITE PLUGINS
lambdalisue/fern.vim
vim-dirvish
Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-dirvish.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-19.
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What dev feature is available in emacs but not in the current mainstream IDEs ?
It is cool but not unique. vim-dirvish has existed for Vim since a long time.
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main file explorer plugin replacement?
vin-dirvish fits your requirements.
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Which file explorer do you use?
I use vim-dirvish(you probably want to pair this with vim-enunch), it's a more minimal version of Netrw.
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Managing your files. How do you do it?
There is the built-in file browser, netrw, but I switched from that to vim-dirvish to lir.nvim to oil.nvim. These are file browsers, not file trees, and my preference for them is probably because I became accustomed to netrw after using it for so long.
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FAVOURITE PLUGINS
vim-dirvish (great NetRW alternative)
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"Emacs is bloat and memory intensive"
file managers or project/directory viewer
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sidebar.nvim - A generic and modular lua sidebar
vim-dirvish
- "How to do what 90% of plugins do in vanilla vim" - what are some of the 10% plugins?
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coc-explorer replacement for Neovim 5.0
There's also a minimal alternative if you're interested lir.nvim. Although I still use vim-dirvish because it meets all my needs.
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Top 15 Best Vim Plugins for Programmers and Developers
I use dirvish, but netrw is often sufficient
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fern.vim and vim-dirvish you can also consider the following projects:
nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua
nerdtree - A tree explorer plugin for vim.
lir.nvim - Neovim file explorer
barbar.nvim - The neovim tabline plugin.
vim-vinegar - vinegar.vim: Combine with netrw to create a delicious salad dressing
ranger.vim - Ranger integration in vim and neovim
chadtree - File manager for Neovim. Better than NERDTree.
firenvim - Embed Neovim in Chrome, Firefox & others.
spelunker.vim - Improved vim spelling plugin (with camel case support)!
telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.
vimspector - vimspector - A multi-language debugging system for Vim
fern.vim vs nvim-tree.lua
vim-dirvish vs nvim-tree.lua
fern.vim vs nerdtree
vim-dirvish vs lir.nvim
fern.vim vs barbar.nvim
vim-dirvish vs vim-vinegar
fern.vim vs ranger.vim
vim-dirvish vs chadtree
fern.vim vs firenvim
vim-dirvish vs spelunker.vim
fern.vim vs telescope.nvim
vim-dirvish vs vimspector