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fzy vs peco: catalog facts
fzy	peco
Best for: Terminal users who want a lightweight fuzzy picker for scripts and editor plugins	Best for: Shell users who want an interactive picker inside pipelines
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Match ranking designed to surface the intended result first Small, simple C program that works well in pipelines All 3 strengths for fzy Match ranking designed to surface the intended result first Small, simple C program that works well in pipelines Scoring algorithm is documented in the repository	Works with any piped input Filters interactively as you type All 3 strengths for peco Works with any piped input Filters interactively as you type Easy to combine with shell scripts and aliases
Fewer built-in features than fzf, such as previews Releases are infrequent	Fewer built-in integrations than fzf Needs shell configuration for key bindings
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Offline features available	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for fzy github.com/jhawthorn/fzy Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for peco github.com/peco/peco Catalog checked September 23, 2026

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