# alexpasmantier/television

A very fast, portable and hackable fuzzy finder.

Repository: https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/television
Homepage: https://alexpasmantier.github.io/television/
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, command-line-tool, fuzzy, fuzzy-matching, fuzzy-search, rust, terminal, tui, grep, fuzzy-finder, fuzzyfinder, television, tv
Last push: 2026-08-16T10:56:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 76, longevity 51
- inputs: {"age_days": 717, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 80, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 86}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6208, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:39.993056+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, cli, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, cli, rust, cross-platform
- tags: fuzzy-finder, tui, fuzzy-matching, shell-integration, grep-alternative, fzf-alternative, command-line, search, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- alexpasmantier/television (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:39.993056+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 2026-08-29T17:47:18.388299+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:39.993056+00:00, sha 41a8b145d1a1)
  - homepage: https://alexpasmantier.github.io/television/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:43:41.562377+00:00, sha 657aa9ee3e14)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/television (fetched 2026-08-29T08:43:41.564827+00:00, sha 7d999907a35a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.