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fzf

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4 open source alternatives to fzf
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
skim	Full replacement	7k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	v5.7.4	2026-10-05
Television	Full replacement	6.3k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	0.15.9	2026-10-05
telescope.nvim	Partial	20k	MIT	Open source	No	Lua	v0.2.1	2026-08-17
peco	Partial	7.9k	MIT	Open source	No	Go	v0.6.0	2026-10-03

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skim Full replacement

Fuzzy Finder in rust!

Accepts most of fzf's options and key bindings, and runs as a Rust library too.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 7k
Latest: v5.7.4
Last push: 2026-10-05

Television Full replacement

A very fast, portable and hackable fuzzy finder.

Channels for files, text, git and more, with previews, configured in TOML.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 6.3k
Latest: 0.15.9
Last push: 2026-10-05

telescope.nvim Partial

Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.

Inside Neovim only, for files, buffers, grep results and LSP symbols.

Language: Lua
Licence: MIT
Stars: 20k
Latest: v0.2.1
Last push: 2026-08-17

Simplistic interactive filtering tool

Filters piped input interactively, without a preview window or shell integrations.

Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 7.9k
Latest: v0.6.0
Last push: 2026-10-03

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Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 83k
Last push: 2026-10-05