nerdtree VS vim-airline

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

vim-airline

lean & mean status/tabline for vim that's light as air (by vim-airline)
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nerdtree vim-airline
77 58
19,275 17,640
0.8% 0.4%
7.2 5.6
about 1 month ago 4 days ago
Vim Script Vim Script
Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License MIT License
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nerdtree

Posts with mentions or reviews of nerdtree. 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
    nerdtree is another very popular option
  • Auto update Javascript imports when moving file/folder
    2 projects | /r/vim | 22 Jun 2023
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 21 Jun 2023
    Using my toy js refactoring plugin and NERDTree.
  • Is it possible to use VIM as an ide?
    7 projects | /r/vim | 3 Jun 2023
    2) Syntax check https://github.com/vim-syntastic/syntastic 3) File navigation https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree 4) Autocomplete There are many autocomplete extensions. I haven't found one that I feel comfortable to recommend. Another way is to create a txt file with all the key words and lines in the languages you use, make an autocommand that adds the txt file to the buffer, and then use ctrl-n or ctrl-p to autocomplete. You can also use ctrl-x-ctrl-l to autocmplete entire lines. 5) Running code Add commands in your .vmrc to run the current file as a a whatever file. I use :J to run java files, :P to run python files, :C to run c files and so on. For example, this is my command to run a java file: command J execute "!java %:t"
  • Auto-completion problems for terraform
    9 projects | /r/neovim | 24 May 2023
    Plug 'https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree'
  • :(
    1 project | /r/shittydarksouls | 7 Apr 2023
  • New User
    3 projects | /r/vim | 26 Feb 2023
    My basic vim workflow is that I open vim, which opens NerdTree for me by default. I can find the file I want in NerdTree, or I can hit Ctrl+p to open a file with fuzzy searching.
  • How do you work with buffers?
    16 projects | /r/neovim | 1 Feb 2023
    What's also useful is to have a tree plugin (such as nvim-tree or nerdtree), so you can just open any file in the workspace (or outside it) if needed. That way, even if you delete a buffer, you can just come back to a file whose buffer you deleted.
  • how do I download nerd tree on neovim??
    2 projects | /r/neovim | 17 Jan 2023
    Worth noting Nerdtree’s repo is now at https://github.com/preservim/nerdtree and not at https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdtree

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 and vim-airline you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua

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

LunarVim - 🌙 LunarVim is an IDE layer for Neovim. Completely free and community driven.

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

fzf.vim - fzf :heart: vim

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.

vim-vinegar - vinegar.vim: Combine with netrw to create a delicious salad dressing

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]

fern.vim - 🌿 General purpose asynchronous tree viewer written in Pure Vim script

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.

chadtree - File manager for Neovim. Better than NERDTree.

awesome-neovim - Collections of awesome neovim plugins.