skim-rs/skim

Skim is a fuzzy finder for the terminal, written in Rust. A fuzzy finder is a program that lets you search through a list of items by typing a partial or approximate match. As you type, the list narrows in real time until you find what you are looking for and select it. The core program is a single executable called sk. The most common uses are finding files and searching command history. You can pipe any list of text into sk and then filter it interactively. For example, you might pipe a list of file names through sk, select one, and open it in your editor, all without leaving the terminal. Shell bindings for Bash, Zsh, and Fish let you activate skim with keyboard shortcuts: one shortcut opens a file picker, another lets you search through your previous commands, and a third switches directories through skim. Skim also works in interactive mode, where it runs an external search command (like ripgrep or grep) in the background as you type, updating the results live. This is useful for searching through the contents of many files in a project without waiting for the full search to finish first. A preview window feature lets you see a preview of the selected item (such as the content of a file) alongside the search list. Color schemes and keymaps are configurable. The tool integrates with Vim and Neovim as a plugin, and it can also be used as a library in Rust projects. Skim is available through package managers on macOS, Arch Linux, Alpine, Gentoo, Void Linux, Fedora, and Guix. It can also be installed with Rust's cargo package manager or by downloading a pre-built binary directly.