File Browser installs statistics
By Bodil Stokke · VS Code Marketplace · Other
A nicer alternative to the file open dialog.
File Browser has 140,844 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1931 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 14 ratings
About File Browser
File Browser
An integrated, keyboard driven file selector for VS Code, inspired by Emacs's Helm file selector.
Features
This is what this extension gives you:
• A fully keyboard driven file open dialog: bind file-browser.open to Ctrl+O (or C-x C-f if you're an Emacs expat) and enjoy the lack of OS file dialog clutter. • Start typing a file name to quickly find it in the current folder. Use Tab to autocomplete. • Automatically create files and folders just by typing their names and selecting the option that appears. • Easy navigation in and out of folders by using the left and right arrow keys. • Navigate to your home folder by typing ~/ into the search box, or step up to the parent folder by typing ../. • Perform file operations like rename and delete by stepping into a file with the right arrow key, or by hitting Ctrl+A on any file or folder.
Licence
Copyright 2020 Bodil Stokke
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see .
Code of Conduct
Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct][coc]. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- emacs
- helm
- keybindings
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Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=bodil.file-browser. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.