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Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!

18 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 2 stories, 16 comments · first 2020-03-06 · latest 2026-01-10

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  1. …to find files. (Bonus, I use Zoxide to replace the alt+d cd shortcut as it's much faster, and use https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab for tab completions in the terminal to become fuzzy, very very useful)
    comment by Zizizizz · 2026-01-10 · in Oh My Zsh adds bloat
  2. …work like this already today, they’re just extremely cursed ^^ but that’s never stopped me before. https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab?tab=readme-ov-file#differe...
    comment by jynelson · 2025-11-11 · in The terminal of the future
  3. …this? Or fzf does it if I configure it differently? Ah, found this now, looks really promising! https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab (Oh, zsh specific)
    comment by worldsayshi · 2025-03-26 · in Better Shell History Search
  4. …I've also tried a few, but nothing stuck so far... [^1]: https://github.com/AlexW00/.config [^2]: https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
  5. You might be interested in https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
  6. …https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions 5) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions 6) https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab 7) any good shell prompt generator like https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k For example, I use fzf…
    comment by ireallywantthat · 2023-08-26 · in Fish – A friendly interactive shell
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    Fzf-Tab
    story by rspencer · 2023-04-23 · 0 comments
  8. Here is another great plugin that pairs nicely with the above. https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
    comment by Zizizizz · 2023-04-23 · in My shell setup with Fish and Tmux (2021)
  9. For me the killer feature is fuzzy tab completion. https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab Install this, get an instant improvement to anything you do on the terminal. It works with any existing program with tab completion.
    comment by _dain_ · 2023-03-21 · in So you've installed `fzf` – now what?
  10. …zsh-syntax-highlighting ( https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ) and zsh fzf-tab ( https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab ) its been wonderful using these plugins
    comment by animal_spirits · 2021-11-25 · in The fish shell is amazing
  11. Totally. And there’s nothing better than fzf-tab https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
    comment by kbd · 2021-10-20 · in s/bash/zsh/g
  12. …[1], you can use fzf wherever your zsh completion is. Here is a screencast showing it[2]. [1] https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab [2] https://asciinema.org/a/KhDMhtZ3J8ppO7B8L6jFSE1co
    comment by psacawa · 2021-09-18 · in Sysz – An fzf terminal UI for systemctl
  13. This covers most of the listed features. https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
  14. …you can add fzf to the <TAB> menu and have it available anywhere that you have tab-completion: https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab (I use this and it works great.)
    comment by jhardy54 · 2021-03-30 · in Improving Shell Workflows with Fzf
  15. There are some default completion replacements out there, such as fzf-tab for zsh: https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
    comment by remolueoend · 2020-10-12 · in Bit – A modernized Git CLI written in Go
  16. …of fzf's speedy fuzzy-match CLI, with zsh's completion menus for command line parameters: https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab https://asciinema.org/a/293849
    comment by atomicstack · 2020-05-10 · in Fzf Integration with Zsh Completion
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    Fzf Integration with Zsh Completion
    story by atomicstack · 2020-05-10 · 1 comment
  18. …with the ability to press / to select a directory and automatically restart fzf-tab inside of it 1: https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab
    comment by HellsMaddy · 2020-03-06 · in Hacking up your own shell completion