fasd
Command-line productivity booster, offers quick access to files and directories, inspired by autojump, z and v. (by clvv)
rofi
Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement (by davatorium)
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| fasd | rofi | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 152 | |
| 5,736 | 12,430 | |
| - | 2.1% | |
| 0.0 | 8.5 | |
| almost 4 years ago | 5 days ago | |
| Shell | C | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
fasd
Posts with mentions or reviews of fasd.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-02.
- Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?
- FASD Tool Getting Deprecated
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Is there a plugin for selecting a recent/frequent file similar to autojump?
https://github.com/clvv/fasd ?
- What "nice-to-have" CLI tools do you know?
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They're a special kind of breed these days.
"The name fasd comes from the default suggested aliases f(files), a(files/directories), s(show/search/select), d(directories)."
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Setting Hyper with WSL 2
fasd
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6 Command Line Tools for Productive Programmers
However, many tools exist which attempt to improve upon cd. autojump, z, and Fasd all track directory usage and give you a single key shortcut for changing to commonly accessed directories. r/commandline has an detailed discussion of these various cd replacements, but the one that has the most momentum is zoxide. zoxide is a rewrite of z in Rust and promises improved speed.
- Command Palette Interfaces
- Prog - A simple helper into programming directories
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Do you use a file tree explorer?
Explorers: https://github.com/ranger/ranger (Excellent terminal file explorer) you can integrate it with fasd (or z probably) to quickly find frecent files https://github.com/clvv/fasd https://github.com/rafaqz/ranger.vim (vim integration) Or https://github.com/Shougo/defx.nvim (vim file explorer by the infamous shougo)
rofi
Posts with mentions or reviews of rofi.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-27.
- Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
- macOS Command-Line Tools You Might Not Know About
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What is the appeal of the 'start menu' in so many desktop environments?
You'll probably like rofi.
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Possible to filter clipboard when using `unamedplus`?
Also, I use this script so that Rofi will show my clipboard instead of the native klipper UI (because it's far less keyboard friendly). Normally the script works great, but the script chokes whenever I `dd` an empty line or a lone `\`, putting an empty entry on my clipboard, which the wrapper than assumes means I'm at the end of the list of clipboard entries.
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Rofi dry run
Which rofi you run? The original one from https://github.com/davatorium/rofi (which is Xorg base, so it has to start XWayland) or the Wayland-based fork on https://github.com/lbonn/rofi?
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Cozytile - A Cozy Qtile Rice
OS: Arch Linux WM: Qtile Panel: Qtile bar Launcher: Rofi Notification Daemon: Dunst Terminal: Alacritty Shell: Zsh Compositor: Picom File Manager: Nemo Music Player: Spotify & ncmpcpp
- [Manjaro Linux] Manjaro + XFCE + ROFI + DRACULA THÈME
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What's your recommended launcher app in your opinion?
I like rofi (super flexible, i also use it as a custom alt-tab option in openbox) and wofi is a nice option on wayland
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xfce workplace switcher in polybar
Modi are covered in the documentation. They set what Rofi displays in its window. You can run Rofi from a keybind, or a module in Polybar, or by using click handlers. Extremely extensible and versatile. And a shit ton of fun to theme. :)
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A sensible NixOS Xfce desktop configuration
xwinmosaic: Having tried XMonad.Actions.GridSelect in the past, I found the 2-dimensional grid more confusing than useful because you cannot intuit where it would lay things out. I find Rofi to be more usable for window switching because it prioritizes text filtering. https://github.com/davatorium/rofi
What are some alternatives?
When comparing fasd and rofi you can also consider the following projects:
zoxide - A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.
albert - A fast and flexible keyboard launcher
zsh-z - Jump quickly to directories that you have visited "frecently." A native Zsh port of z.sh with added features.
dmenu-rs - A pixel perfect port of dmenu, rewritten in Rust with extensive plugin support
autojump - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line
polybar - A fast and easy-to-use status bar
fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder
Ulauncher - Feature rich application Launcher for Linux
z - z - jump around
nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more
defx.nvim - :file_folder: The dark powered file explorer implementation for neovim/Vim8
dunst - Lightweight and customizable notification daemon