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fzy vs sig: catalog facts
fzy	sig
Best for: Terminal users who want a lightweight fuzzy picker for scripts and editor plugins	Best for: Search streaming text interactively in your terminal
Free Free and open source.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, 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	Updates matches as data arrives and can rerun a source command.
Fewer built-in features than fzf, such as previews Releases are infrequent	Rerunning a command repeats any side effects that command has.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
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 sig github.com/ynqa/sig github.com/ynqa/sig/blob/main/LICENSE Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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