ryanoasis/vim-devicons

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5805 stars · 274 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A Vim plugin that adds file type glyph icons to popular Vim plugins like NERDTree, vim-airline, CtrlP, lightline, and vim-startify. It is highly customizable and supports a wide range of file type extensions and Nerd Fonts glyphs.

Use cases

• show file type icons in NERDTree file explorer
• add icons to vim-airline or lightline statusline
• display filetype glyphs in CtrlP fuzzy finder results
• make vim-startify start screen show file icons
• customize and extend icon glyphs for file extensions in Vim
• make Vim file browsing more visually recognizable with icons

When to choose

• you use Vim or Neovim with plugins like NERDTree, airline, or CtrlP and want visual file type icons
• you have a Nerd Font installed and want richer glyphs in your editor UI
• you want a customizable, widely-supported icon solution across many Vim plugins

When to avoid

• you don't use a patched Nerd Font, since icons will render as broken glyphs
• you use a modern Neovim setup better served by Lua-native alternatives like nvim-web-devicons
• you want icons in editors other than Vim/Neovim

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

ui-components theme developer-tools developer-tools text-editors web-design cli cross-platform editor-plugin vim-plugin icons nerd-fonts filetype-glyphs nerdtree vim-airline statusline eye-candy

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