zoxide – smarter cd command for fast directory navigation

zoxide is a smarter directory-changing command that learns the directories you use and lets you return to them with short queries.

It is inspired by z and autojump, but still understands ordinary path-oriented navigation. A database tracks directory usage and ranks destinations so that a command such as z foo can jump directly to the most relevant matching path. For ambiguous searches, the companion zi command opens an interactive selector.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Ranks directories from usage history so frequently visited destinations can be reached with only a few keystrokes.
• Accepts multiple search terms to narrow matches to the intended path.
• Works with regular paths as well as ranked history queries, making it usable as a practical cd replacement.
• Interactive selection uses fzf when several destinations match.
• Interactive shell completions are available for supported Bash, Fish and Zsh setups.
• Supports a wide range of shells, including Bash, Zsh, Fish, Nushell, PowerShell and several other command environments.
• Directory scoring can be updated on prompt display or only when the working directory changes.
• Supports exclusion globs for directories that should never be recorded.
• Can echo the matched directory before changing to it and optionally resolve symbolic links.
• Imports existing navigation data from tools including autojump, fasd, z and z.lua.
• Integrates with numerous terminal file managers, editors, tmux tools and other command-line applications.
• Lets users change the generated command prefix or redefine the underlying shell functions.

Website: github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide
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Developer: Ajeet D’Souza
License: MIT License

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