rff – Rust Fuzzy Finder

A fast, beautiful, fzf-like fuzzy finder written in pure Rust.

Live fuzzy search with ratatui, Ctrl+j/k navigation, and $EDITOR integration.

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Feature Roadmap

• Live fuzzy search with fuzzy-matcher
• Smooth TUI with ratatui (zero flicker)
• Smart file walking (.gitignore, --all, hidden files)
• Parallel traversal using ignore::WalkParallel
• Ctrl+j / Ctrl+k navigation
• Free typing of j, k, mod, joker in query
• Enter opens file in $EDITOR
• Clean exit with Esc
• Filter target/ by default
• Unit tests with tempfile
• --multi mode (select multiple files)
• Preview pane (show file content)
• Syntax highlighting in preview (bat-style)
• Config file (~/.config/rff/config.toml)
• Custom keybindings
• Pipe mode (git ls-files | rff)

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Installation

cargo install --git https://github.com/crabbylab/rff.git

Usage

# Basic: search current directory
rff

# Include hidden files and .gitignore
rff --all

# Start in a specific directory
rff --all /path/to/project

# Use a specific editor
EDITOR=hx rff

# Combine
rff --all . hx