I recently wrote a vim plugin called bufstat that keeps a list of open buffers in your statusline. It offers a variety of options for customizing the display of the buffer list as well as a few different ways to sort the list. You can even provide your own sorting function if you feel so inclined. This is how bufstat looks in my configuration:

So far I’ve had a few users give me some positive feedback but I could always use feedback of any kind. If you’d like to try it out it’s hosted on github as vim-bufstat. Install it like you would any other plugin.

The documentation should be accurate and up to date but if there are any questions please let me know. You’ll probably want to read at least the intro and usage sections of the doc so you’ll know what to expect.