Supported platforms - lambdalisue/vim-fern GitHub Wiki
Windows
Supported but
- UNC path is not supported
macOS
Supported
Linux
Supported
BSD
Not sure. While some BSD distribution does not support -maxdepth option on find command, you may need to overwrite g:fern#scheme#file#provider#impl manually like
let g:fern#scheme#file#provider#impl = 'ls'
let g:fern#scheme#file#provider#impl = 'readdir'
let g:fern#scheme#file#provider#impl = 'glob'
https://github.com/lambdalisue/fern.vim/issues/237#issuecomment-703719289