# fzf

:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

Repository: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fzf
Homepage: https://junegunn.github.io/fzf/
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: fzf, go, bash, zsh, fish, vim, neovim, cli, unix, tmux
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:07:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4697, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 13, "n_releases_24m": 34}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 82667, forks 2859 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:21.994696+00:00)

## What it is
fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder and interactive terminal toolkit distributed as a single Go binary. It lets users interactively filter lists of items (files, command history, arbitrary data) with fuzzy matching and build custom terminal workflows via shell and Vim/Neovim integrations.

## Use cases
- fuzzy find files from the terminal
- search shell command history interactively
- pipe any list of items into an interactive filter
- build custom terminal menus and pickers in shell scripts
- preview files while selecting them in the terminal
- integrate fuzzy finding into vim or neovim
- browse and switch git branches quickly

## When to choose
- you want a fast, portable single-binary fuzzy finder for unix shells
- you need interactive filtering of large lists (millions of items) in the terminal
- you want to add pickers and menus to bash/zsh/fish scripts
- you use vim/neovim and want fuzzy file or buffer selection

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI-based file search tool
- you want full-text content search rather than filtering a list of lines (use ripgrep + fzf together)
- your environment has no terminal access

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, search-engine, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: fuzzy-finder, shell-integration, vim-plugin, interactive-filter, tmux, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- junegunn/fzf (main) score 99
- junegunn/fzf.vim (plugin) score 77
- junegunn/fzf-git.sh (plugin) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.994696+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:13:55.578927+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:21.994696+00:00, sha 85c51415ea99)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.