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:file_folder: Powerful file explorer implemented by Vim script
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:file_folder: Powerful file explorer implemented by Vim script

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/shougo/vimfiler.vim
• Owner: Shougo
• License: other
• Created: 2010-01-15T08:42:25.000Z (almost 16 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-20T04:26:35.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-09T16:46:25.184Z (9 months ago)
• Language: Vim Script
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.59 MB
• Stars: 885
• Watchers: 28
• Forks: 77
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# vimfiler

A powerful file explorer implemented in Vim script

**Note**: Active development on vimfiler.vim has stopped. The only future

changes will be bug fixes.

Please see [ddu.vim](https://github.com/Shougo/ddu.vim) and

[ddu-ui-filer](https://github.com/Shougo/ddu-ui-filer).

## Introduction

vimfiler is a powerful file explorer ("filer") written in Vim script.

## Usage

To start vimfiler, run this command:

	:VimFiler

If you set `g:vimfiler_as_default_explorer` to 1, vimfiler will be used as the default

explorer (instead of netrw.)

	:let g:vimfiler_as_default_explorer = 1

**vimfiler depends on [unite.vim](https://github.com/Shougo/unite.vim).**

Please install unite.vim 3.0 or later before you install vimfiler.

## Screenshots

Common operations

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![Vimfiler standard operations](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/214488/657681/c40265e6-d56f-11e2-96fd-03d01f10cc4e.gif)

Explorer feature (similar to NERDTree)

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![Vimfiler explorer](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/214488/657685/95011fc4-d571-11e2-9934-159196cf9e59.gif)

Dark theme

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![Vimfiler dark theme](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/147918/3933094/412cc0e0-2478-11e4-902e-63b658f04d81.png)

![another dark theme](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7071307/31679880-7e4d785c-b340-11e7-894e-3ea74556e491.png)

## What are some of the advantages vimfiler offers compared to other file explorers?

- Integration with [unite](https://github.com/Shougo/unite.vim)

- Integration with [vimshell](https://github.com/Shougo/vimshell.vim)

- External sources (for example, [unite-ssh](https://github.com/Shougo/unite-ssh))

- vimfiler is highly customizable.

- Many options (see |vimfiler-options|)

- Column customization

- Support for more than one screen