nerdtree-git-plugin VS vim-airline

Compare nerdtree-git-plugin vs vim-airline and see what are their differences.

nerdtree-git-plugin

A plugin of NERDTree showing git status (by Xuyuanp)

vim-airline

lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air (by vim-airline)
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nerdtree-git-plugin vim-airline
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2,071 17,655
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0.0 5.6
almost 3 years ago 27 days ago
Vim Script Vim Script
Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License MIT License
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nerdtree-git-plugin

Posts with mentions or reviews of nerdtree-git-plugin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-29.
  • I use the default file browser in vim (netrw). I know there are plugins that a lot of people like. Should I switch?
    9 projects | /r/vim | 29 Jun 2023
    I personally use nerdtree. Add nerdtree-git-plugin too, that's nice when looking at your project (for files, use vim-gitgutter).
  • How to configure vim like an IDE
    44 projects | /r/vim | 27 Jun 2023
    git-nerdtree
  • Vim: A Beginner's Guide From A Beginner
    14 projects | dev.to | 27 May 2022
    nerdtree-git-plugin - a plugin to show git status in nerdtree
  • a little vim distro using Vim8+ packages
    8 projects | dev.to | 16 Sep 2021
    plugins=( "$HOME/.vim/pack/vendor/start/vim-airline" "https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline.git" "$HOME/.vim/pack/vendor/start/nerdtree" "https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree.git" "$HOME/.vim/pack/vendor/start/nerdtree-git-plugin" "https://github.com/Xuyuanp/nerdtree-git-plugin.git" "$HOME/.vim/pack/packages/start/fzf" "https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git" "$HOME/.vim/pack/packages/start/fzf.vim" "https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim.git" "$HOME/.vim/pack/tpope/start/fugitive" "https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive.git/" "$HOME/.vim/pack/vendor/start/vim-gitgutter" "https://github.com/airblade/vim-gitgutter.git/" ) echo "\n >>> START plugins installation " for i in ${!plugins[@]}; do if (( i % 2 == 0 )) then # echo $i folder="${plugins[$i]}" url="${plugins[$i+1]}" if [ ! -d "$folder" ] ; then git clone "$url" "$folder" else git -C $folder pull fi fi vim -u NONE -c "helptags $folder/doc" -c q done echo " >>> END plugins installation "

vim-airline

Posts with mentions or reviews of vim-airline. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-24.
  • Auto-completion problems for terraform
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 May 2023
  • Include octal on statusline?
    2 projects | /r/vim | 28 Mar 2023
  • CoC: How to disable these annoying Clangd messages?
    1 project | /r/neovim | 22 Mar 2023
    Looks like you are using Airline for your statusline. Add this to your init.vim: let g:airline#extensions#coc#enabled = v:false
  • How do I make my nvim have this? I like having the mode in colors
    3 projects | /r/neovim | 13 Mar 2023
  • Hello, can someone tell me which editor this is?
    1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 10 Mar 2023
  • How do I make airline transparent?
    1 project | /r/vim | 16 Feb 2023
  • How do you work with buffers?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Feb 2023
    Powerline (and airline, as well as all plugins of that kind) offers, among other things, a GUI that helps you manage buffers and tabs. There are plugins that do just that and nothing else, which are best used alongside powerline/airline/etc, for example bufferline.
  • Transitioning vim-airline theme to Lua
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Jan 2023
    I am working on adding a theme for the vim-airline plugin to the Everblush colorschemes for Vim and Neovim.
  • NeoVim Installation and Configuration on Win10/11
    14 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2022
    :set number :set autoindent :set tabstop=5 :set shiftwidth=4 :set smarttab :set softtabstop=4 :set mouse=a call plug#begin() Plug 'http://github.com/tpope/vim-surround' " Surrounding ysw) Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree' " NerdTree Plug 'https://github.com/tpope/vim-commentary' " For Commenting gcc & gc Plug 'https://github.com/vim-airline/vim-airline' " Status bar Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/pgsql.vim' " PSQL Pluging needs :SQLSetType pgsql.vim Plug 'https://github.com/ap/vim-css-color' " CSS Color Preview Plug 'https://github.com/rafi/awesome-vim-colorschemes' " Retro Scheme Plug 'https://github.com/neoclide/coc.nvim' " Auto Completion Plug 'https://github.com/ryanoasis/vim-devicons' " Developer Icons Plug 'https://github.com/tc50cal/vim-terminal' " Vim Terminal Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/tagbar' " Tagbar for code navigation Plug 'https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors' " CTRL + N for multiple cursors Plug 'https://github.com/rstacruz/vim-closer' " For brackets autocompletion " Auto-completion For Javascript, typescript, html, jsx ...etc Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'do': 'yarn install --frozen-lockfile'} " this is for auto complete, prettier and tslinting let g:coc_global_extensions = ['coc-tslint-plugin', 'coc-tsserver', 'coc-css', 'coc-html', 'coc-json', 'coc-prettier'] " list of CoC extensions needed Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' "this will auto close ( [ { " these two plugins will add highlighting and indenting to JSX and TSX files. Plug 'yuezk/vim-js' Plug 'HerringtonDarkholme/yats.vim' Plug 'maxmellon/vim-jsx-pretty' set encoding=UTF-8 call plug#end() nnoremap :NERDTreeFocus nnoremap :NERDTree nnoremap :NERDTreeToggle nnoremap :call CocActionAsync('jumpDefinition') nmap :TagbarToggle :set completeopt-=preview " For No Previews :colorscheme jellybeans let g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable="+" let g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible="~" " --- Just Some Notes --- " :PlugClean :PlugInstall :UpdateRemotePlugins " " :CocInstall coc-python " :CocInstall coc-clangd " :CocInstall coc-snippets " :CocCommand snippets.edit... FOR EACH FILE TYPE " air-line let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1 if !exists('g:airline_symbols') let g:airline_symbols = {} endif " airline symbols let g:airline_left_sep = '' let g:airline_left_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_right_sep = '' let g:airline_right_alt_sep = '' let g:airline_symbols.branch = '' let g:airline_symbols.readonly = '' let g:airline_symbols.linenr = '' inoremap pumvisible() ? coc#_select_confirm() : ""
  • Closing brackets are highlighted in red when in the init.vim file
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Nov 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nerdtree-git-plugin and vim-airline you can also consider the following projects:

fzf.vim - fzf :heart: vim

lualine.nvim - A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua.

vim-fugitive - fugitive.vim: A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal

lightline.vim - A light and configurable statusline/tabline plugin for Vim

NvChad - Blazing fast Neovim config providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.

powerline - Powerline is a statusline plugin for vim, and provides statuslines and prompts for several other applications, including zsh, bash, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile.

newdots - just my own new dot files from scratch

lualine.nvim - A blazing fast and easy to configure neovim statusline plugin written in pure lua. [Moved to: https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim]

vim-devicons - Adds file type icons to Vim plugins such as: NERDTree, vim-airline, CtrlP, unite, Denite, lightline, vim-startify and many more

tokyonight.nvim - 🏙 A clean, dark Neovim theme written in Lua, with support for lsp, treesitter and lots of plugins. Includes additional themes for Kitty, Alacritty, iTerm and Fish.

fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

awesome-neovim - Collections of awesome neovim plugins.