Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer
Hacker News (score: 14)
Found: July 13, 2025
ID: 312
Description
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Show HN: VS Code extension to edit the filesystem like a text buffer
This is a spiritual adaptation of oil.nvim for vscode. The main idea is you edit the filesystem by editing the current directory listing's text buffer. For example, if I want to rename a file, I just rename it in the listing file. This is extremely powerful because it translates all of your text-editing skills immediately into file editing capabilities.
Some features:
* Create/rename/move/delete files by editing the current directory listing's textbuffer
* Filter using glob pattern
* Trash and undo support
* Works even in remote-ssh workspaces
* Works across multiple vscode windows
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