icepick Alternatives

icepick is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to icepick for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Vim and BSD apps. The best icepick alternative is fzf, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like icepick are fzy, Percol, hf and pick (fuzzy search).

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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.

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icepick alternatives page was last updated Jan 2, 2025
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  1. fzf icon
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    fzf

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    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go.

    22 fzf alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vim
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Fuzzy Finder
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Command line interface
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    • fzf is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to icepick.

    • fzf is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to icepick.

    • fzf is Free and Open Sourceicepick is also Free and Open Source
    • fzf is Lightweighticepick is not according to our users
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    fzy

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    fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.

    19 fzy alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Vim

    fzy Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
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    Percol

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    Percol is an interactive grep tool in your terminal, commonly used with | (pipe concept on UNIX).

    8 Percol alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Percol Features

    1.  Command line interface
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  5. hf

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    Fuzzy file finder for the command line.

    11 hf alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    hf Features

    1.  Fuzzy Finder

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  6. pick (fuzzy search)

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    A fuzzy search tool for the command-line.

    10 pick (fuzzy search) alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    pick (fuzzy search) Features

    1.  Fuzzy Finder

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  7. skim (Fuzzy Finder) icon
    skim (Fuzzy Finder) icon

    skim (Fuzzy Finder)

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    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.

    9 skim (Fuzzy Finder) alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    skim (Fuzzy Finder) Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Fuzzy Finder
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    Peco

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    Simple and efficient interactive filtering tool for your shell. Pipe your output to it and filter interactively!

    8 Peco alternatives
    you can page through your results, and you can keep changing the query

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Peco Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Filtering
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    trying to figure out which file to open
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  10. Selecta

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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.

    9 Selecta alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    Selecta Features

    1.  Fuzzy Finder

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  11. Television icon
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    Television

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    Blazing fast general purpose fuzzy finder TUI.

    22 Television alternatives
    Television screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Rust
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    Television Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Tui
    5.  Fuzzy Finder
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  12. heatseeker

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    General-purpose fuzzy selector focused on simplicity and performance. Rewrite of selecta in Rust.

    9 heatseeker alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    heatseeker Features

    1.  Fuzzy Finder

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  13. pmenu

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    Terminal fuzzy finder/dmenu-replacement.

    11 pmenu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    pmenu Features

    1.  Fuzzy Finder

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