fzf Alternatives

fzf is described as 'A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go' and is a File Search utility in the online services category. There are more than 10 alternatives to fzf for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, iPhone and BSD apps. The best fzf alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like fzf are DocFetcher, Cling Fuzzy Finder, Clapgrep and fzy.

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    Blazing fast general purpose fuzzy finder TUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Rust
     
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    Fuzzy file finder for the command line.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    GoToFile is a fast, flexible and accurate utility to find files and folders on your Mac.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Findspot helps you to find files and launch apps quickly. Just press a shortcut and input some keywords. Findspot will search through your Mac and find the best matches in no time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    An easy-to-use, fast and efficient full-text search tool for your iPad or iPhone. Search for content in files stored on your device, in iCloud, on network folders, USB drives and memory cards.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • easySearch is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to fzf.

    • easySearch is Freemium and Proprietaryfzf is Free and Open Source
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Search Text In Files is an easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Terminal fuzzy finder/dmenu-replacement.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Hunt and Gather are two utilities for indexing and then searching files within a drive or directory designed to speed up searching files.

    15 Hunt & Gather alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • AmigaOS
     
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    A feature-rich terminal interface for Everything Search that provides fast, intuitive file searching when Windows Explorer fails you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    gnome-search-tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
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