stevearc/oil.nvim

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

6845 stars · 249 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

oil.nvim is a Neovim plugin that provides a file explorer letting you edit your filesystem like a normal buffer. Changes such as renames, moves, and deletions are made by editing text and saving with :w.

Use cases

• browse and navigate directories inside Neovim
• rename, move, copy, and delete files by editing a buffer
• replace netrw with a vinegar-style file explorer
• batch filesystem operations using normal vim editing commands
• open parent directory of current file with a keymap

When to choose

• you want filesystem edits to feel like editing a text buffer
• you prefer keyboard-driven, vim-native file management
• you want a lightweight netrw/vim-vinegar replacement in Neovim 0.10+

When to avoid

• you need a tree-sidebar style explorer like NERDTree or neo-tree
• you use Vim rather than Neovim
• you want a GUI file manager

Facets

plugin · maturity active

file-system editor developer-tools developer-tools text-editors files editor-plugin windows cross-platform neovim neovim-plugin file-explorer lua vim-vinegar buffer-based-file-management command-line linux macos

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="stevearc/oil.nvim")