nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua

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A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua

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Dominant language: Lua
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Last GitHub push: Sep 15, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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96 open issues indexed

Multi Instance: Refactor: API Accept winid Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2832 · Opened Jul 13, 2024
Rework configuration Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2821 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 7, 2024
`nvim-tree` does not allow renaming the file even with changed letter capitalization Open

bug OS Windows OS Windows PowerShell OS Windows WSL PR please

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2813 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 28, 2024
Sibling navigation doesn't work with group empty Open

bug reproduced

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2798 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 9, 2024
nvim-web-devicons user overrides are clobbered Open

bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2775 · 1 comment · Opened May 13, 2024
[NvimTree] Could not start the fs_event watcher for path /xxxx/xxxx : ENOSPC Open

awaiting feedback bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2762 · 12 comments · Opened May 1, 2024
Floating nvim-tree does not respect config on startup Open

awaiting feedback bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2749 · 17 comments · Opened Apr 17, 2024
nvim-tree not respecting diagnostics update_in_insert value set by neovim Open

awaiting feedback bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2745 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 10, 2024
Provide interface to customize the comparing function between two nodes Open

API PR please

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2729 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 30, 2024
Migrate To `winbuffix` Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2724 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 25, 2024
Quitting neovim takes a long time when toggling git ignore folders Open

awaiting feedback performance

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2723 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 23, 2024
change_root_to_node() does not work on files Open

bug PR please reproduced

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2717 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 19, 2024
Mappings/functionality discoverability discussion Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2710 · 10 comments · Opened Mar 15, 2024
An option to control weather change root_folder when root_folder be clicked. Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2699 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 9, 2024
File operations should consider adding quotes when dealing with spaces Open

API feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2681 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 20, 2024
Full And Sanitized Node Documentation Open

documentation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2668 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 7, 2024
Validate Array Like Table Options Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 40/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2665 · Opened Feb 5, 2024
Sticky scroll like TreesitterContext and vscode file tree Open

feature request QOL

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2650 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Jan 27, 2024
Hide folders without filter results in live filter Open

bug PR please

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2631 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 18, 2024
Remove View Cached Windows And Buffers Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2628 · Opened Jan 13, 2024
More Fields For sort.sorter Function Open

feature request PR please

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2616 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 6, 2024
`group_empty` with line wrapping Open

feature request

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2548 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 21, 2023
Change Root When Directory Is Inside Current Root Open

API feature request QOL

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2406 · Opened Sep 9, 2023
:help nvim-tree-root-and-cwd Open

documentation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2405 · Opened Sep 9, 2023
Use Window Picker Even When Buffer Window Is Present Open

feature request PR please

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2388 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 26, 2023
new nvim-tree.filters to point to custom files with regexes with ignore patterns Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2367 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 12, 2023
indent marker at level 0 when using `inline_arrows` Open

bug reproduced

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2315 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 9, 2023
Previous window is not selected unless :NvimTreeFocus is used Open

awaiting feedback

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2262 · 10 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 10, 2023
Multi Instance - Contributors Wanted - Please Take An Issue Open

feature request QOL

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2255 · 4 comments · 21 reactions · Opened Jun 4, 2023
Navigate tree using fuzzy search Open

feature request PR please

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2251 · 9 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 2, 2023
Single Icon For renderer.icons.git_placement = after || before Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2229 · Opened May 24, 2023
Node Privacy Open

API

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2146 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 18, 2023
Partial Collapse Open

API feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2119 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 10, 2023
Allow reloading tree to update icons' colours via nvim-web-devicons Open

feature request

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2073 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 22, 2023
implement `didRenameFiles` Open

API PR please QOL

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2047 · 21 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2023
Add an option to modify tree padding/indentation Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2023 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 24, 2023
Treat symbolic links as valid tree paths for root purposes Open

feature request QOL

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2015 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2023
Separate active buffer highlight from vim.opt.cursorline Open

feature request QOL

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#2013 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 20, 2023
Refactor: attributes modules & line builder Open

performance

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1889 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 6, 2023
Investigate usefulness of healthcheck Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1886 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 4, 2023
`rename` And `paste` Create Missing Directories Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1818 · 1 comment · 8 reactions · Opened Dec 9, 2022
Rename Input Callback Open

API feature request

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1803 · 11 comments · Opened Dec 4, 2022
Allow `api.fs...` to take a path as input Open

API feature request PR please

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1605 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 26, 2022
find file filtered Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1587 · 14 comments · Opened Sep 11, 2022
copy files between multiple vim instances Open

feature request PR please QOL

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#1549 · 18 comments · 20 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 23, 2022
[feature request] highlight indent for current context Open

feature request PR please QOL

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua#701 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 7, 2021

nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua

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