Open Source fzf Alternatives

The best open source alternative to fzf is DocFetcher. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to fzf and 13 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to fzf are fzy, skim (fuzzy finder), hstr and Percol.

fzf alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be Terminal Emulators or File Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of fzf.

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fzf

Free • Open Source
File Search Utility

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Vim

A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go.

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DocFetcher
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
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110 DocFetcher alternatives
DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to fzf.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source alternative to fzf.
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DocFetcher Features
1. Full-Text SearchDocFetcher lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
2. PortableDocFetcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Built-in viewerDocFetcher shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
4. Shared FoldersDocFetcher supports shared folders that can be used to store, search, and access files with multiple people.
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File content indexing
Indexed search
Content Searching
Semantic Search
Reads odt files
Network Scanner
Search in Archives
fzy
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
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Vim
15 fzy alternatives
fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.
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fzy Features
1. Full-Text Searchfzy lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
skim (fuzzy finder)
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Free • Open Source
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8 skim (fuzzy finder) alternatives
Fuzzy Finder in rust! It is blazingly fast as it reads the data source asynchronously. It can invoke commands while searching and has a preview window
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hstr
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Free • Open Source
Linux
3 hstr alternatives
Are you looking for a command that you used recently? Do you want to avoid the need to write long commands over and over again? Are you looking for a tool that is able to manage your favorite commands?
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Percol
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
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7 Percol alternatives
Percol is an interactive grep tool in your terminal, commonly used with | (pipe concept on UNIX).
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Percol Features
1. Command line interfacePercol either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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Peco
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Free • Open Source
Terminal Emulator
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7 Peco alternatives
Simple and efficient interactive filtering tool for your shell. Pipe your output to it and filter interactively!
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Peco Features
1. Command line interfacePeco either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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pick (fuzzy search)
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Free • Open Source
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9 pick (fuzzy search) alternatives
A fuzzy search tool for the command-line.
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Hunt & Gather
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Free • Open Source
AmigaOS
16 Hunt & Gather alternatives
Hunt and Gather are two utilities for indexing and then searching files within a drive or directory designed to speed up searching files. The Gather utility is meant to index any path and generate a search database.
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Hunt & Gather Features
1. Works OfflineHunt & Gather can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Hunt & Gather without registration.
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heatseeker
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Free • Open Source
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8 heatseeker alternatives
General-purpose fuzzy selector focused on simplicity and performance. Rewrite of selecta in Rust.
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Selecta
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8 Selecta alternatives
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select written in Ruby. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command.
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Fuzzy Finder
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pmenu
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Free • Open Source
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BSD
10 pmenu alternatives
Terminal fuzzy finder/dmenu-replacement.
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Fuzzy Finder
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icepick
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Free • Open Source
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10 icepick alternatives
A fuzzy text selector for files and anything else you need to select. Use it from vim, from the command line, or anywhere you can run a shell command. Reimplementation of selecta in Rust.
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