# jaypei/emacs-neotree

A emacs tree plugin like NerdTree for Vim.

Repository: https://github.com/jaypei/emacs-neotree
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emacs-neotree
Language: Emacs Lisp
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-07-03T22:02:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 36/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 29, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4546, "days_push": 426, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1619, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.223502+00:00)

## What it is
emacs-neotree is an Emacs plugin that displays a navigable file-system tree in a sidebar, modeled after Vim's NerdTree. It supports file operations, multiple visual themes, hidden-file toggling, and directory navigation via keybindings.

## Use cases
- show a file tree sidebar in emacs
- navigate project directories like nerdtree in vim
- create, rename, delete, and copy files from a tree view
- toggle hidden files in a file explorer
- customize the tree theme with icons
- quickly open files from a project tree

## When to choose
- you use Emacs and want a NerdTree-style file explorer
- you need built-in file operations from a tree sidebar
- you want a MELPA-installable, themeable tree plugin

## When to avoid
- you use Vim or another editor instead of Emacs
- you prefer dired or a different Emacs file manager
- you need an IDE-grade project explorer with git integration

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: editor, file-system, developer-tools
- domain: text-editors, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: emacs-lisp, file-tree, nerdtree, sidebar, melpa, emacs

## Member repositories
- jaypei/emacs-neotree (main) score 36

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.223502+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:49:26.833576+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jaypei/emacs-neotree (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.223502+00:00, sha a2f1395a09e5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.