nvim-tree.lua VS fern.vim

Compare nvim-tree.lua vs fern.vim and see what are their differences.

nvim-tree.lua

A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua (by nvim-tree)

fern.vim

🌿 General purpose asynchronous tree viewer written in Pure Vim script (by lambdalisue)
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nvim-tree.lua fern.vim
125 23
6,497 1,232
3.8% -
9.1 6.8
4 days ago about 1 month ago
Lua Vim Script
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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nvim-tree.lua

Posts with mentions or reviews of nvim-tree.lua. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-18.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nvim-tree.lua and fern.vim you can also consider the following projects:

nerdtree - A tree explorer plugin for vim.

neo-tree.nvim - Neovim plugin to manage the file system and other tree like structures.

barbar.nvim - The neovim tabline plugin.

chadtree - File manager for Neovim. Better than NERDTree.

ranger.vim - Ranger integration in vim and neovim

telescope-file-browser.nvim - File Browser extension for telescope.nvim

firenvim - Embed Neovim in Chrome, Firefox & others.

vim-gitgutter - A Vim plugin which shows git diff markers in the sign column and stages/previews/undoes hunks and partial hunks.

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

nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

neovim - Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability