# Fselect (open-source desktop app)

> Fselect is a free, open-source command-line desktop tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. Find files with SQL-like queries. It has 4,470 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at jhspetersson/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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/jhspetersson/fselect |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | command line |
| GitHub stars | 4,470 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Rust |
| Website | https://fselect.rocks |
| Official | no |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | 0.10.3 (Sep 5, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 5, 2026 |

## Install

### Homebrew (macOS)

```sh
brew install fselect
```

Package page: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fselect

### winget (Windows)

```sh
winget install fselect.fselect
```

Package page: https://winstall.app/apps/fselect.fselect

### Chocolatey (Windows)

```sh
choco install fselect
```

Package page: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/fselect

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fselect

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