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peco vs Gum: catalog facts
peco	Gum
Best for: Shell users who want an interactive picker inside pipelines	Best for: Adding menus and prompts to shell scripts without writing a program
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
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	Each command does one interface job and prints to stdout, so it composes with normal shell scripting Menus, confirmations, file pickers, fuzzy filters, spinners and styled text All 4 strengths for Gum Each command does one interface job and prints to stdout, so it composes with normal shell scripting Menus, confirmations, file pickers, fuzzy filters, spinners and styled text No Go code needed to get the look of a Bubble Tea application Packages for Debian, RPM and Alpine, binaries for Linux, macOS, Windows and the BSDs
Fewer built-in integrations than fzf Needs shell configuration for key bindings	Adds an external dependency to any script that uses it Interactive commands need a real terminal, so they break in non-interactive CI All 4 limitations for Gum Adds an external dependency to any script that uses it Interactive commands need a real terminal, so they break in non-interactive CI Styling options are extensive enough to become their own time sink Not a full TUI framework; for that you need Bubble Tea itself
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 peco github.com/peco/peco Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Gum github.com/charmbracelet/gum Catalog checked September 21, 2026

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