What is fzf?
It is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder. It's an interactive Unix filter for command-line that can be used with any list; files, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc.
fzf is a tool in the Shell Utilities category of a tech stack.
fzf is an open source tool with 66.3K GitHub stars and 2.4K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to fzf's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses fzf?
Developers
28 developers on StackShare have stated that they use fzf.
fzf Integrations
Vim, Linux, Windows, Neovim, and macOS are some of the popular tools that integrate with fzf. Here's a list of all 5 tools that integrate with fzf.
fzf's Features
- Portable, no dependencies
- Blazingly fast
- Flexible layout
- Batteries included
- Vim/Neovim plugin
- key bindings and fuzzy auto-completion
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