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Fselect

Fselect is a free, open-source command-line desktop tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Find files with SQL-like queries. It has 4,473 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at jhspetersson/fselect.

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About Fselect

While it doesn't tend to fully replace traditional find and ls, fselect has these nice features: You can optionally build with fast, index-backed search support: voidtools Everything on Windows (--features everything, then pass --everything) or plocate on Linux (--features plocate, then pass --plocate). See the usage guide for details.

Install Fselect

Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.

Homebrew (macOS)
brew install fselect

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winget (Windows)
winget install fselect.fselect

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Chocolatey (Windows)
choco install fselect

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AUR (Arch Linux)

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FAQ

Fselect FAQ

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Is Fselect free and open source?

Yes. Fselect's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Fselect?

Homebrew: brew install fselect, winget: winget install fselect.fselect, Chocolatey: choco install fselect and the AUR package fselect. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: 0.10.4).

Is Fselect still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.