alexpasmantier

    alexpasmantier/television

    A very fast, portable and hackable fuzzy finder.

    cli
    command-line-tool
    fuzzy
    fuzzy-finder
    fuzzy-matching
    fuzzy-search
    Rust
    MIT
    6.4K stars
    195 forks
    6.4K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 29, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 137 days ago, with 100 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #51 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 29, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a fast, portable, and hackable fuzzy finder for searching various data sources in the terminal.
    • Offers customizable channels, previewing, and keybindings with seamless shell and editor integration for flexible workflows.
    • Use for quickly searching files and directories with real-time fuzzy matching and preview in terminal environments.
    • Use for exploring and filtering git repositories, environment variables, or running processes interactively via custom channels.
    • Use for integrating fuzzy search capabilities into editors like Neovim, Vim, or VSCode to enhance file and code navigation.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    A portable and hackable fuzzy finder for the terminal.

    Television is a portable and hackable fuzzy finder for the terminal.

    It lets you search in real time through any kind of data source (called "channels") such as:

    with support for previewing results, customizable actions and keybindings, and integration with your favorite shell and editor.

    Create a new channel: ~/.config/television/cable/files.toml

    Switch channels using the remote control and pick from a list of community-maintained channels or create your own.

    See the channels docs for more info on how to set these up.

    Excerpt from the alexpasmantier/television README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    195+15

    Open issues

    84+3

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