FSLN

Is a terminal-based tool general purpose solution explorer, primarily aimed to help with organising F# projects
It can also handle my C# projects and random folders of scripts just fine

• Hardly any IDEs have good built-in support for reordering F# files or folders up or down
• No IDE I've ever used has built-in support for reordering of C# projects, files, folders

File order matters in F# projects so I wanted a fast tool for reordering them (regular annoyance: manually editing .fsproj files)
File order doesn't matter to C# programmers or IDEs but I like organising topologically as if I'm writing F#, to navigate the structure better

Features:

• Run in a folder, it detects a .sln or .slnx and opens all projects
• With configuration you can open any directory as a 'project' or 'solution' even if not .NET
• You can navigate, search, rename, reorder all files in a tree
  • Reordering data is stored in a .fsln directory for projects and for non-F# files
  • Reordering is applied directly in .fsproj for F# projects
• Searching by filename, git integration
• Vim-like bindings and keys that let me hot-wire it to do anything
  • Every action on state is a command e.g. :edit, :move_up, :expand
  • All hotkeys are macros for internal commands, or shell commands that use a ! prefix
  • What happens when you run :edit on a file is pluggable by file type, set this to your editor of choice
  • These bindings end up very composable and reusable, I have a small .fslnrc full of binds like I would a .vimrc
    Example: :!git add $GITPATH runs git add in shell + the path of your selection relative to the detected git repo
    Example: typing :bind v = :!vim $ makes v open the selected file (or folder) in vim and returns you on exit

It it made specifically for me, your mileage may vary

Overall I now use my terminal + FSLN to:

• Open projects
• Manage my todo lists
• Write all git commits, view diffs, history, etc
• Reorder F# files
• Several other script doodads for formatting and refactoring

And then I use JetbrainsRider to:

• Act as my main code editor when I "open" a file
• Navigate between files when faster (jump to definition, etc)
• Debug
• Do any complicated git merges

Installing

1. Clone the repo

2. Run ./update.sh to install as a dotnet tool
   Needs dotnet 10 installed and googling skills for when your dotnet tools are inevitably not found in your path

3. Run with fsln