fzf

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

83650 stars · 5688 forks observed · 2026-10-19

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-21, confidence 0.99

fzf is a general‑purpose command‑line fuzzy finder written in Go. It provides an interactive terminal UI for quickly filtering any list of items.

Use cases

• search for files in a large directory tree from the terminal
• select a git branch or commit interactively
• filter command history to reuse previous commands
• pick a process to kill from a list of running processes
• choose a hostname from known SSH hosts for quick connection
• browse Kubernetes namespaces to switch contexts
• create custom interactive menus in shell scripts

When to choose

• You need a fast, lightweight fuzzy matching tool that works in any POSIX shell.
• You want a single binary with no external dependencies.
• You require programmable events to build custom terminal workflows.

When to avoid

• You need a graphical UI or web‑based search interface.
• Your environment does not support interactive terminal programs (e.g., non‑TTY scripts).
• You require deep integration with IDEs beyond the provided Vim/Neovim plugins.

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli search-engine file-upload routing developer-tools windows cli fuzzy-finder terminal interactive go shell-integration command-line linux macos

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