CHADTree is a file manager / file explorer for Neovim. There are projects that seek to move Vim in a different direction. One of these projects is Neovim.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Parallel filesystem scan.
- React like reconciling difference minimizing rendering engine.
- Never blocks.
- Visual mode selections.
- Create, copy, paste, delete, and rename.
- Quickfix integration.
- Bookmarks.
- Filtering by globFollow mode.
- Session support (save open folders to disk, pick up where you left off).
- Trash support (requires trash or trash-cli).
- ls -l statistics
- Correct handling of symlinks.
- Asynchronous parse git status (untracked, modified, staged).
- Full support for git submodules.
- Full $LS_COLOR support! (shows same colours as unix ls & tree commands).
- Github coloured icons (over 600 colours).
- Three different sets of icons out of the box
- Four built-in themes – nord, solarized, trapdoor, vim-syntax.
Website: github.com/ms-jpq/chadtree
Support:
Developer: ms-jpq
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
CHADTree is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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