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alexpasmantier/television

A very fast, portable and hackable fuzzy finder. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/alexpasmantier/television · homepage · Rust · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

81/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 76
  • Longevity 51
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 2
  • age_days: 717
  • days_rel: 80
  • days_push: 17
  • n_releases_24m: 86

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6208 stars · 181 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Television (tv) is a fast, portable, and hackable fuzzy finder for the terminal written in Rust. It searches in real-time across data sources like files, text, git repos, and environment variables, with customizable channels and shell integration.

Use cases

  • fuzzy find files in the terminal
  • search file contents interactively
  • fzf alternative written in rust
  • search shell history with ctrl+r
  • create custom fuzzy search channels
  • browse environment variables and docker containers

When to choose

  • you want a fast, cross-platform fuzzy finder with a TUI
  • you need customizable search channels for arbitrary data sources
  • you want shell autocomplete and history search integration

When to avoid

  • you need a GUI-based file search tool
  • you only need simple scripted grep without interactivity

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

search-engine cli developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools files windows cli rust cross-platform fuzzy-finder tui fuzzy-matching shell-integration grep-alternative fzf-alternative command-line search linux macos

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
alexpasmantier/televisionmain81

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