6 alternatives to fzf
junegunn/fzf — :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder (83,707 stars, MIT, ui, dev-tools, cli).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 59 licence-cleared components from junegunn/fzf itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions | 1.0 | MIT | 36,143 |
| 2 | asdf-vm/asdf | 7.7 | MIT | 25,610 |
| 3 | withfig/autocomplete | 6.4 | MIT | 25,212 |
| 4 | denisidoro/navi | 6.8 | Apache-2.0 | 17,800 |
| 5 | ajeetdsouza/zoxide | 2.5 | MIT | 40,231 |
| 6 | nix-community/nixvim | 4.7 | MIT | 2,977 |
The alternatives in detail
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Fish-like autosuggestions for zshscore 1.0/10 · MIT permissive · 36,143 stars · 11 components · search them
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Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & morescore 7.7/10 · MIT permissive · 25,610 stars · 24 components · search them
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IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell
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An interactive cheatsheet tool for the command-linescore 6.8/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 17,800 stars · 41 components · search them
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A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.score 2.5/10 · MIT permissive · 40,231 stars · 24 components · search them
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Configure Neovim with Nix! [maintainers=@GaetanLepage, @traxys, @mattsturgeon, @khaneliman]score 4.7/10 · MIT permissive · 2,977 stars · 6 components · search them
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