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Neovim file explorer: edit your filesystem like a buffer

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2024-04-28 · latest 2025-10-13

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  1. …[3] https://github.com/wilkystyle/nvim/blob/db16245731dea45f0c58... [4] https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r1mMg-yVZE
    comment by wilkystyle · 2025-10-13 · in Notes on switching to Helix from Vim
  2. …are discovered rather than invented. That's how I felt the first time I saw the oil.nvim plugin ( https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim ), using vscode without something like that was a pain afterwards, so I had to step in and imlpement it!
    comment by hexomancer · 2025-07-12 · in Voil: Supercharged file editing in VS Code [video]
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    Neovim file explorer oil.nvim: edit your filesystem like a buffer
    story by aquova · 2025-04-03 · 0 comments
  4. …between manipulating text and files" made no sense. Then I watched a video from the README ( https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim ) and yup, that looks amazing and makes so much sense. Thanks GP for mentioning it!
    comment by CaptainOfCoit · 2025-01-25 · in File Explorer is merged to Helix editor
  5. …Plus, I can use the same keybinding system in other programs too. Take a look at [oil.nvim]( https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim ), NNN, or [yazi]( https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi ), or mpv or surfingkeys in your browser. For Yazi, I even…
    comment by Ringz · 2024-08-23 · in Aerc: A well-crafted TUI for email
  6. …edit your directory listing like a buffer to easily create/rename and delete files and directories. https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim
    comment by Zizizizz · 2024-06-30 · in My (Neo)Vim workflow
  7. Oil is great: https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim It just treats your file structure as a buffer
    comment by pprotas · 2024-04-29 · in Practical Vim command workflow (2023)
  8. …the your files and directories like a vim buffer. It also supports lsp rename which convenient. [1] https://github.com/stevearc/oil.nvim
    comment by akozlev · 2024-04-28 · in Practical Vim command workflow (2023)