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File-search projects on GitHub

Fast fuzzy file search in terminal file managers.

As of , the most-starred File-search projects on GitHub are fd (44.8K stars), Wox (27.5K stars) and nnn (22.1K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 6 File-search repositories with 100.1K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was DigUp, with +215 stars in a day.

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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+215

DigUp

ARahim3/DigUp · ★ 4.3K

DigUp is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that lets you search the files on your Mac by what's actually in them — photos, PDFs, documents, recordings, videos and code — using Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2 model running entirely on-device.

+11

fd

sharkdp/fd · ★ 44.8K

fd is a command-line program for finding entries in your filesystem - a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find, with sensible defaults for the majority of use cases.

+7

Wox

Wox-launcher/Wox · ★ 27.5K

Wox is an open-source launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux — an alternative to Raycast, Alfred, or Spotlight. One input pops up, and you search and act from the keyboard.

+3

nnn

jarun/nnn · ★ 22.1K

nnn (n3) is a terminal file manager built for speed and low resource use. The binary is typically around 100KB, it usually needs less than 3.5MB of resident memory, and it runs fine even with 8 colors.

The all-time top

6 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · sharkdp/fd

    fd

    fd is a command-line program for finding entries in your filesystem - a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find, with sensible defaults for the majority of use cases.

    44.8K
  2. #2 · Wox-launcher/Wox

    Wox

    Wox is an open-source launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux — an alternative to Raycast, Alfred, or Spotlight. One input pops up, and you search and act from the keyboard.

    27.5K
  3. #3 · jarun/nnn

    nnn

    nnn (n3) is a terminal file manager built for speed and low resource use. The binary is typically around 100KB, it usually needs less than 3.5MB of resident memory, and it runs fine even with 8 colors.

    22.1K
  1. 4

    DigUp

    4.3KARahim3/DigUp · Swift

    DigUp is a free, open-source macOS menu bar app that lets you search the files on your Mac by what's actually in them — photos, PDFs, documents, recordings, videos and code — using Google DeepMind's EmbeddingGemma 2 model running entirely on-device.

  2. 5

    rustcast

    1.1KMystikoLab/rustcast · Rust

    RustCast is a free, open-source popup launcher for macOS written in Rust: hit a hotkey, start typing, and launch apps, utilities and workflows. It is positioned as an open-source alternative to Raycast.

  3. 6

    android_everything

    299luli395/android_everything · Python

    Android Everything lets you search your Android phone's files from Windows with the speed and feel of the Everything search tool, using ADB to pull file metadata into a local SQLite FTS5 index.

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