Project Explorer for neovim

Simple project manager and explorer for neovim

Features

• List Projects based of pattern
• Create new projects directory
• Add projects to favorites
• List favorites projects only

Installation

• Lazy.nvim

return {
  "Rics-Dev/project-explorer.nvim",
  dependencies = {
    "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
  },
  opts = {
    paths = { "~/dev/*" }, --custom path set by user
    -- custom find command set by the user. Default should always work on unix unless user has heavily modified tools and/or PATH
    -- for Windows Users: installing `fd` is recommended with the equivalent `fd` command
    -- "fd . %s -td --min-depth %d --max-depth %d"
    command_pattern = "find %s -mindepth %d -maxdepth %d -type d -not -name '.git'",
    newProjectPath = "~/dev/", --custom path for new projects
    file_explorer = function(dir) --custom file explorer set by user
      vim.cmd("Neotree close")
      vim.cmd("Neotree " .. dir)
    end,
    -- Or for oil.nvim:
    -- file_explorer = function(dir)
    --   require("oil").open(dir)
    -- end,
  },
  config = function(_, opts)
    require("project_explorer").setup(opts)
  end,
  keys = {
    { "<leader>fp", "<cmd>ProjectExplorer<cr>", desc = "Project Explorer" },
  },
  lazy = false,
}

Optional dependencies

fd - Install fd from sharkdp

How to use

Default keybinding is <leader>fp to open the project explorer you can also open it by executing :ProjectExplorer

• To cd into a project just press Enter on the selected project.
• To Add a project use <C-a>.
• To add a project to favorite projects use <C-A-f>
• To display favorite projects only use <C-f>.