{"repo":"jhawthorn/fzy","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy","clone":"git clone https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy.git","description":":mag: A simple, fast fuzzy finder for the terminal","language":"C","stars":3294,"topics":["fuzzyfinder","c","fzy","vim","cli","unix","fuzzy-search","fuzzy","fuzzy-finders"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm. Try it out online! It's been kind of life-changing. - @graygilmore fzy works great btw - @alexblackie Why use this over fzf, pick, selecta, ctrlp, ...? fzy is faster and shows better results than other fuzzy finders. Most other fuzzy matchers sort based on the length of a match. fzy tries to find the result the user intended. It does this by favouring matches on consecutive letters and starts of words. This allows matching using acronyms or different parts of the path. A gory comparison of the sorting used by fuzzy finders can be found in ALGORITHM.md fzy is designed to be used both as an editor plugin and on the command line. Rather than clearing the screen, fzy displays its interface directly below the current cursor position, scrolling the screen if necessary. Installation macOS Using Homebrew brew install fzy Using MacPorts sudo port install fzy Arch Linux/MSYS2 : pacman -S fzy FreeBSD : pkg install fzy Gentoo Linux : emerge -av app-text/fzy Ubuntu/Debian : apt-get install fzy pkgsrc (NetBSD and others) : pkgin install fzy openSUSE : zypper in fzy From source make sudo make install The PREFIX environment variable can be used to specify the install location, the default is /usr/local . Usage fzy is a drop in replacement for selecta, and can be used with its usage examples. Use with Vim fzy can be easily integrated with vim. Any program can be used to filter files presented throug","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/jhawthorn","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/jhawthorn/fzy/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}