fz VS ranger

Compare fz vs ranger and see what are their differences.

fz

Cli shell plugin, the missing fuzzy tab completion feature for the z jump around command. (by changyuheng)
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fz ranger
1 165
382 14,889
- 1.6%
0.0 6.5
over 2 years ago 20 days ago
Shell Python
Mozilla Public License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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fz

Posts with mentions or reviews of fz. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-25.
  • Zsh Plugins Commit TOP
    102 projects | dev.to | 25 Dec 2021
    fz : - Seamlessly adds fuzzy search to z's tab completion and lets you easily jump around among directories in your history.

ranger

Posts with mentions or reviews of ranger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-15.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing fz and ranger you can also consider the following projects:

s3-fuzzy-viewer - tmux based cli tool for searching s3 objects using fuzzy search

lf - Terminal file manager

zsh-history-substring-search - 🐠 ZSH port of Fish history search (up arrow)

nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

jod - jod distribution source with commented versions in (jodijs) - tracks J Pacman versions

vifm - Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vim-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.

zsh-ssh-agent - Ssh-agent management for zsh

joshuto - ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

zsh-syntax-highlighting - Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

lf - Fully Decentralized Fully Replicated Key/Value Store

autojump - A cd command that learns - easily navigate directories from the command line

mc - Midnight Commander's repository