justinmk/vim-dirvish

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1277 stars · 65 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Dirvish is a fast, minimal directory viewer and file navigator plugin for Vim and Neovim, designed as a leaner replacement for netrw. Each buffer line is a plain filepath that can be sorted, filtered, yanked, and scripted with standard Vim commands.

Use cases

• browse directories inside vim
• replace netrw file explorer
• open multiple files from a visual selection
• generate shell scripts from a file list
• pipe file lists into quickfix and iterate with cdo
• filter and sort directory listings with vim commands

When to choose

• you want a fast, minimal file browser that stays out of the way
• you prefer composing plain Vim commands like :sort, :global, and :Shdo over a heavy UI
• you need a netrw replacement that preserves original buffers and has a small codebase

When to avoid

• you want a rich file tree with icons, git status, or built-in file operations out of the box
• you need an IDE-style project drawer or GUI file manager
• you don't use Vim or Neovim

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

file-system developer-tools cli developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cli cross-platform vim-plugin neovim file-explorer netrw-replacement viml command-line

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