fzfx vs ytfzf

fzfx

fzfX delivers the power of finding, previewing, editing and managing any file in few key strokes. (by lbcnz)

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ytfzf

A posix script to find and watch youtube videos from the terminal. (Without API) (by pystardust)

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fzfx		ytfzf
	Project
2	Mentions	84
84	Stars	3,562
-	Growth	-
6.6	Activity	7.9
3 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Shell	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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fzfx

Posts with mentions or reviews of fzfx. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

fzfX: Script for common fzf use cases - it delivers the power of finding, previewing, editing and managing any file in few key strokes.
1 project | /r/commandline | 11 Apr 2021
fzfx: I wrote a no brainer script for common fzf use cases [AUR]
1 project | /r/archlinux | 6 Apr 2021

ytfzf

Posts with mentions or reviews of ytfzf. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-02.

Distro for Acer Aspire One
1 project | /r/FindMeADistro | 4 Jun 2023

I've been playing with ytfzf recently which is quite cool for browsing yt on grim hardware
I created a Spotify Downloader for the command line
4 projects | /r/commandline | 2 Jun 2023

# install python packages, including yt-dlp pip install -r requirements.txt # install ytfzf git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf cd ytfzf sudo make install doc
pulling out the old "american website" card on an r/Birmingham post about this sub
3 projects | /r/USdefaultism | 2 Jun 2023

Sounds like you need an adBlocker. And/or alternative ways of watching YT content. Not exactly sure how this works on other OSs, but on Linux I use ytfzf to browse, and mpv to watch by youtube link.
Could you recommend a lightweight distro for my old laptop?
1 project | /r/FindMeADistro | 2 May 2023
Is it possible to daily drive the Pinephone pro? Or is it just not ready yet?
2 projects | /r/PINE64official | 28 Jan 2023

YouTube: in Browser is a pain but ytfzf works well for me.
searching and watching youtube (with thumbnails) entirely within a terminal (using sixel)
2 projects | /r/commandline | 26 Jan 2023

I am using ytfzf with a custom interface that I wrote in python because I couldn't find an interface that supports sixel.
What are the pros and cons of running Linux (Kubuntu) from a usb drive?
1 project | /r/Kubuntu | 15 Dec 2022

it is one of these. I plan to use it for running cli programs like ytfzf in the terminal
Find anything you need with fzf, the Linux fuzzy finder tool
1 project | /r/commandline | 6 Dec 2022

fzf has long found its way into many scripts, a bit like dmenu. My favorite: ytfzf.
Recommend me a TUI youtube music player
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 8 Nov 2022
Super 8 Film Editor Reborn As A YouTube Terminal
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 30 Oct 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing fzfx and ytfzf you can also consider the following projects:

findrss - Search (un)common paths to find the Atom or RSS feed of a site

yewtube - yewtube, forked from mps-youtube , is a Terminal based YouTube player and downloader. No Youtube API key required.

enhancd - :rocket: A next-generation cd command with your interactive filter

streamlink - Streamlink is a CLI utility which pipes video streams from various services into a video player

fzf-fish-integration - 🔍🐟 Fzf plugin for Fish

ani-cli - A cli tool to browse and play anime

tartube - A GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on youtube-dl-gui and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3

ytdl-gui - A simple-to-use, cross-platform graphical interface for youtube-dl.

mpv - 🎥 Command line video player

termux-app - Termux - a terminal emulator application for Android OS extendible by variety of packages.

snapdrop - A Progressive Web App for local file sharing

ytdl-patched - Possibly missing fixes on youtube-dl. brew install nao20010128nao/my/ytdl-patched [GET https://api.github.com/repositories/287858674: 403 - Repository access blocked]