Nvim-tree.lua Alternatives

nvim-tree.lua reviews and mentions

• Every Developer Should Try Vim
  6 projects | dev.to | 19 Jun 2025

  The switch was hard at first, especially file management. I was so used to the file tree on the left of my editor. I tried to replicate that in Neovim with nvim-tree but it didn’t feel the same. Until I came across oil.nvim, this was a game changer for me as it made creating, renaming and moving so much easier. That was the moment that I felt I could switch. I had tried a few of the popular Neovim distros such as Lunarvim but found them too overwhelming. I personally prefer a basic setup with not too many bells and whistles (I know, I used JetBrains before but only used 10% of that editor’s capacity and had a minimal interface configured).

• Installing neovim plugins (nvim-tree)
  3 projects | /r/NixOS | 18 Nov 2023

  This works for installing the other plugins. But I can't seem to access nvim-tree. According to the website (https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua), I should be able enter :NvimTreeOpen in neovim, but I get "Not an editor command: NvimTreeOpen." Any ideas?

• NeoVim Capability Functions
  4 projects | /r/neovim | 3 Nov 2023

  For splitting the terminal you could try either toggleterm or tmux. If you want to send things from one tmux pane to another, then you can use slime. For a toggle-able filetree, you can use nvim tree.

• How to configure vim like an IDE
  44 projects | /r/vim | 27 Jun 2023

  (Neovim) nvim-tree

• Best way to manipulate files inside neovim?
  17 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Jun 2023

  Also you can use your file browser such as neo-tree, nvim-tree, or even netrw.

• NvimTree customize colors when it in out focus
  1 project | /r/neovim | 23 Jun 2023

  I have almost finished customize nvim tree to equal bg colors. Can't resolve only when nvtree out of focus. What of paramets i should write? I tryied from this https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/blob/master/doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt but nothing

• Trying to apply a fix for nvim-tree, but don't understand how to apply it.
  1 project | /r/neovim | 30 May 2023

  I was having an issue with my colorscheme Sonokai and I found my issue

• NvimTree vs NeoTree
  5 projects | /r/neovim | 28 May 2023
• How to easily diff two directories from within Neovim
  2 projects | /r/neovim | 18 May 2023

  Personally I use will133/vim-dirdiff plugin, but it is pretty troublesome as I need to invoke `:DirDiff /path/to/dir1 /path/to/some/dir2`. What would be ideal is to extend nvim-tree, to be able to mark two directories (in similar manner as it has bookmarks) and then execute `:DirDiff` against those marked directories, but I'm not that familiar with Lua yet to write that. ;/

• Neither netrw or nnvim-tree open when I try to open current directory
  1 project | /r/neovim | 11 May 2023

  The open_on_setup feature apparently has been removed in nvim-tree.lua https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/wiki/Open-At-Startup. Look at this wiki page where you can get all the necessary helpful information there about how to configure open_on_setup.

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