preservim/nerdtree

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

Adoption not part of the score

20090 stars · 1438 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

NERDTree is a file system explorer plugin for the Vim editor that displays directory hierarchies in a tree view. It lets users visually browse projects, open files, and perform basic file system operations from within Vim.

Use cases

• browse project files in a tree sidebar in vim
• open files quickly from a vim file explorer
• create, delete, and rename files inside vim
• navigate large directory hierarchies in the terminal
• add a file manager to my vim setup

When to choose

• you use Vim or Neovim and want a classic, battle-tested file tree explorer
• you need basic file operations (create, delete, move) without leaving the editor
• you want a widely adopted plugin with broad documentation and community support

When to avoid

• you use a modern editor like VS Code with built-in explorers
• you prefer Neovim-native Lua alternatives such as nvim-tree or neo-tree
• you want fuzzy-finder-first navigation (e.g., fzf/telescope) instead of a tree view

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

file-system developer-tools editor developer-tools text-editors files editor-plugin cross-platform vim file-explorer file-tree sidebar vim-plugin

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