Alternatives to peco
An interactive command-line filter that narrows piped input as you type and returns the selection. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
peco
An interactive command-line filter that narrows piped input as you type and returns the selection.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as peco.
fzf
A fuzzy filter for any list: files, command history, processes, branches, anything you can pipe into it.
fzf filters any piped list like peco but adds shell integration for history and file search, preview windows, Vim plugins and more built-in integrations.
fzy
A fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.
fzy is a small C fuzzy selector with a documented scoring algorithm aimed at ranking the intended result first, with fewer features and infrequent releases.
Television
Search files and other data through a terminal fuzzy finder.
Television is a terminal fuzzy finder built around configurable channels for different data sources, rather than only filtering whatever is piped into it.
Gum
Drop-in prompts, menus, spinners and formatting for shell scripts, so a bash script can have a decent interface.
Gum includes a fuzzy filter among menus, prompts and spinners for shell scripts, making it broader in scope but an extra dependency that needs a real terminal.
Also worth comparing
These listings name peco as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
sig
Search streaming text interactively in your terminal.
peco narrows piped input interactively and returns the selection, with fewer integrations and no stated support for rerunning a source command.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
fzf-tab
A Zsh plugin that replaces the default tab-completion selection menu with the fzf fuzzy finder.
forgit
A shell plugin that makes common Git commands interactive through the fzf fuzzy finder.
navi
An interactive command-line cheatsheet tool for browsing and running commands with suggested argument values.
Atuin
Search shell history with command context and optional encrypted synchronization.
zoxide
Learns the directories you actually use, so changing to one takes a few letters instead of a full path.
