fuzzy finder file manager

• Navigate directories seamlessly using only your keyboard
• Blazing-fast fuzzy search powered by fzf
• File preview using bat (fallback to cat)
• Directory preview using eza (fallback to ls)
• Customizable multimedia file opener (wslview, xdg-open, etc.)
• Fully configurable via environment variables

Ensure you have the following installed:

• fzf - Core dependency, the entire file manager is built around it
• eza - For enhanced directory listing (fallback to ls)
• bat - For file previewing (fallback to cat)
• nvim - For text editing (fallback to nano)
• A media opener like wslview, xdg-open, or open
• Nerd Fonts - For proper icon rendering in the terminal

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashish0kumar/fzfm/main/fzfm -o ~/.local/bin/fzfm
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/fzfm

Run the script:

fzfm

Customize behavior according to your system by setting the following:

export FZFM_MEDIA_OPENER="xdg-open"  # Set preferred media opener
export FZFM_TEXT_EDITOR="nvim"       # Set preferred text editor
export FZFM_LIST_COMMAND="eza"       # Set directory listing command
export FZFM_PREVIEW_COMMAND="bat"    # Set preview command

Feel free to fork the repository, submit issues, or contribute improvements!

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