If you use a plugin, which one is to you the best file explorer plugin for nvim?

• telescope-file-browser.nvim

  47 1,509 7.5 Lua

  File Browser extension for telescope.nvim

  

A little different answer than what people are probably expecting but telescope-file-browser. Slightly controversial maybe but I think using your classic vscode-esque file tree thing, jumping through the all the subdirectories is an antipattern. This plugin is still fairly young but I think it's a great alternative to things like nvim-tree especially if you're already comfortable with the telescope and its ecosystem.

• telescope.nvim

  322 13,861 9.1 Lua

  Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.

  

Look like this plugin is actually dependent on nvim-telescope, Which actually looks dope too. It really deserves a test to see if it fits my use case, otherwise keep things simple.

• InfluxDB

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• lir.nvim

  18 339 3.6 Lua

  Neovim file explorer

lir.nvim is the one I would recommend. It has that netrw style where you only see the content of the current folder... and it works better than netrw.

• vaffle.vim

  1 283 10.0 Vim Script

  :file_folder: Lightweight, window-based file manager for Vim

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.

• nvim-tree.lua

  125 6,468 9.2 Lua

  A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua

  

nvim-tree.lua is the best file explorer I have used for Neovim.

• coc-explorer

  7 1,137 5.1 TypeScript

  📁 Explorer for coc.nvim

I use coc-explorer for a long time already since I use `coc.nvim` also. Lots of features/configurations, handy shortcuts, and quite performant.

• dirbuf.nvim

  23 421 0.0 Lua

  A file manager for Neovim which lets you edit your filesystem like you edit text

Personally I love using the recently-launched dirbuf.nvim. For minimalism, it's fantastic - replaces the inbuilt netrw but adds the ability to mash up buffers for file renames, etc. - basically a modernized version of vinegar for the NeoVim age.

• WorkOS

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• neo-tree.nvim

  87 2,964 8.8 Lua

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

  

I switched from nvim-tree.lua to neo-tree.nvim and it has been working pretty good for me. I personally find neo-tree better.

• nnn.nvim

  18 400 5.1 Lua

  File manager for Neovim powered by nnn.

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