🛠️ Fsel –. a Rust TUI launcher, fuzzy picker and clipboard browser
Summary
Fsel is a Rust-based terminal user interface launcher, fuzzy picker, and clipboard browser for Linux and BSD systems. It supports launching desktop apps, piping arbitrary input via a dmenu-style mode, and browsing clipboard history with text and image previews.
Why it’s interesting
It evolved from a need for a reliable TUI app launcher into a versatile tool featuring clipboard history and configurable UI, layouts, and keybinds.
Target user
Linux and BSD users seeking a terminal-based app launcher and clipboard manager.
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
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Summary
Fsel is a Rust-based terminal user interface launcher, fuzzy picker, and clipboard browser for Linux and BSD systems. It supports launching desktop apps, piping arbitrary input via a dmenu-style mode, and browsing clipboard history with text and image previews.
Why it’s interesting
It evolved from a need for a reliable TUI app launcher into a versatile tool featuring clipboard history and configurable UI, layouts, and keybinds.
Target user
Linux and BSD users seeking a terminal-based app launcher and clipboard manager.
Source metrics: Points 2 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: Hacker News / Show HN