Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to fzf

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API Documentation API Documentation Browser API Tools App Launcher Clipboard Manager Developer Tools LMS Mac Note Taking Productivity Software Development Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to fzf are fd, fzy, and Starship (Shell Prompt). One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

fd Landing Page
1

fd

A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 118 social mentions
fzy Landing Page
2

fzy

A better fuzzy finder
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 4 social mentions
Starship (Shell Prompt) Landing Page
3

Starship (Shell Prompt)

Starship is the minimal, blazing fast, and extremely customizable prompt for any shell! Shows the information you need, while staying sleek and minimal. Quick installation available for Bash, Fish, ZSH, Ion, and Powershell.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Programming #Cryptocurrencies 188 social mentions
Micro Landing Page
4

Micro

Modern terminal-based text editor
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 76 social mentions
Keypirinha Landing Page
5

Keypirinha

A lightning fast and flexible keystroke launcher for Windows. No installation required (portable).
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Mac #Windows Tools 32 social mentions
GitHub CLI Landing Page
6

GitHub CLI

Official CLI tool for using GitHub from the command-line.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #Git #Code Collaboration 104 social mentions
ripgrep Landing Page
7

ripgrep

ripgrep combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager
cheat.sh Landing Page
8

c

cheat.sh

The only cheat sheet you need Unified access to the best community driven documentation
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac #Text Expander #Shortcuts 51 social mentions
Dash for macOS Landing Page
9

Dash for macOS

Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash searches offline documentation of 200+ APIs and stores snippets of code. You can also generate your own documentation sets.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Productivity #API Tools 85 social mentions
Inspector Landing Page
10

Inspector

Code Execution Monitoring, built for software developers
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- €39.0 / Monthly
#Developer Tools #Monitoring Tools #Productivity 6 social mentions
dmenu Landing Page
11

dmenu

dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mac #Productivity #App Launcher 22 social mentions
TiddlyWiki Landing Page
12

TiddlyWiki

a non-linear personal web notebook
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Knowledge Base #Personal Knowledge Base 180 social mentions