Netrw, as a sibling comment mentions, does this for a number of common protocols (and is built-in). So you just open an file with a URL starting with sftp or wh

Netrw, as a sibling comment mentions, does this for a number of common protocols (and is built-in). So you just open an file with a URL starting with sftp or whatever. https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075 https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1075