vaffle.vim
:file_folder: Lightweight, window-based file manager for Vim (by cocopon)
dirbuf.nvim
A file manager for Neovim which lets you edit your filesystem like you edit text (by elihunter173)
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10.0 | 0.0 | |
over 3 years ago | over 1 year ago | |
Vim Script | Lua | |
MIT License | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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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.
vaffle.vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of vaffle.vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-06.
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If you use a plugin, which one is to you the best file explorer plugin for nvim?
For a file explorer with a similar style and easy setup there is vaffle.vim. It has some really nice defaults (in my opinion) so you don't have to do anything... besides reading the help page to know the default mappings. If it had support for floating windows I'll still be using it.
dirbuf.nvim
Posts with mentions or reviews of dirbuf.nvim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-04.
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People who swear by Oil.nvim , why?
For me I think it’s the best at what it does (with mini.files coming in a close second. It would probably be my first, but I prefer the whole buffer approach over the floating popups.) I’ve tried dirbuf.nvim as well, but I didn’t like that I couldn’t copy/move files.
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Workflow with nvim
Big fan of https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim
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What are the plugins you consider necessary to have a great neovim experience?
Shout-out to dirbuf.nvim as it is one of my favorite plugins I cannot live without, but I see it rarely mentioned. It allows you to do file management by editing a file, so you can do anything you would do to edit any regular file. There are no new keymaps to learn, you just use any regular motion, :s, :g, or anything you can think of. Great for bulk renaming!
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My thoughts about editors in 2022
While I do use file managers often (ranger and dolphin are pretty nice overall), within Neovim my file management is fairly reduced. I use dirbuf when I need to browse through files (for refactors or something), and since it's dired-like its a lot more built into the "vim-as-a-language" mindset. Not to say I do a whole lot in it, but it is quicker than having to do shell stuff within Neovim. I think file-tree plugins tend to just miss the concept for me, as I never found them to be anything more than just "look and see" due to disconnect from the aforementioned "vim-as-a-language"
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What file explorer do you use?
https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim, it's basically netrw done right.
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netwr like file explorer for neovim?
https://github.com/elihunter173/dirbuf.nvim might just be the thing. In terms of navigating it's as minimal as it can be:
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What file manager do you use?
I use fish shell with z plugin to quickly jump to directories and nnn file manager mainly to select files for deletion. I also use dirbuf plugin for neovim when working inside this editor.
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neovim plugins that have improved your workflow
dirbuf.nvim!
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Which file browser do you use ?
dirbuf mostly. Anything really advanced and I'll just open a new ranger session
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What is the coolest, unknown(-ish) plugin that you're using that other people could benefit from?
dirbuf doesn't get enough attention. It's a robust, simple, yet featureful replacement for the netrw plugin built into Vim/NeoVim. It allows directories to be treated somewhat like files - edit a directory, and you get a directory listing. That listing can be modified - add files, edit files, delete files, and the result ends up on disk. A much simpler and more-Vimy alternative to tree plugins like NeoTree, in my view.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing vaffle.vim and dirbuf.nvim you can also consider the following projects:
telescope-file-browser.nvim - File Browser extension for telescope.nvim
vimv - Batch-rename files using Vim
nnn.nvim - File manager for Neovim powered by nnn.
nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua
coc-explorer - 📁 Explorer for coc.nvim
vim-filebeagle - A VINE-spired (Vim Is Not Emacs) file system explorer.
neo-tree.nvim - Neovim plugin to manage the file system and other tree like structures.
vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
lir.nvim - Neovim file explorer
carbon.nvim - The simple directory tree viewer for Neovim written in Lua.
vaffle.vim vs telescope-file-browser.nvim
dirbuf.nvim vs vimv
vaffle.vim vs nnn.nvim
dirbuf.nvim vs nvim-tree.lua
vaffle.vim vs coc-explorer
dirbuf.nvim vs vim-filebeagle
vaffle.vim vs neo-tree.nvim
dirbuf.nvim vs vifm
dirbuf.nvim vs nnn.nvim
dirbuf.nvim vs lir.nvim
dirbuf.nvim vs carbon.nvim
dirbuf.nvim vs neo-tree.nvim