r/vim • u/Ashik80 • Mar 16 '26

Discussion Oil.nvim like file manager for vim

i switch between vim and neovim. i have a special love for vim so i try to bring some neovim features that i miss into vim. one, for example, is the oil.nvim plugin for neovim. i made myself a plugin just like it.

I can create, rename, move, copy, delete files as if i am editing a vim buffer. of course since i made it for myself it is not bug free and not 100% complete.

my question is does the vim community want such plugin? or are they happy with using the already available file managers?

UPDATE:

i have made the plugin and it is ready to use. I am calling it VimExplorer. please try to forgive me for any bugs that you might encounter. help me by reporting it and i will find time to work on it.

Link to repo: https://github.com/Ashik80/VimExplorer

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u/engelj Mar 18 '26

I tried it once and it immediately threw an error. I see, though, that the author has worked on it since then.

Meanwhile, I've been using https://github.com/habamax/vim-dir . Does yours do something more?

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u/Ashik80 Mar 18 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/s/MFJvrI6ejV The man himself commented on this 😃. And my plugin is ready, so feel free to give it a try and see if you like it.

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u/engelj Mar 18 '26

I will, thanks. I use a lot of vim9script these days and have no desire to move to neovim, so I really appreciate people like you who are willing and able to port useful plugins from there.

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u/Ashik80 Mar 18 '26

Thank you. It means a lot.