Opening files in Vim using Fuzzy Search

There are two great vim plugins for this.

ctrlp:

  • Written in pure VimL
  • Works pretty much everywhere
  • Supports custom finders for improved performance
  • Most popular fuzzy search plugin for Vim

Command-T:

  • Written in C, VimL and Ruby
  • Fast out of the box
  • Requires +ruby support in Vim
  • Recommends Vim version >= 7.3

EDIT:

I use CtrlP with ag as my custom finder and it’s incredibly quick (even on massive projects) and very portable.

An example of using ag with CtrlP:

if executable('ag')
  " Use Ag over Grep
  set grepprg=ag\ --nogroup\ --nocolor

  " Use ag in CtrlP for listing files. Lightning fast and respects .gitignore
  let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'ag %s -l --nocolor -g ""'
endif

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