sharkdp/fd

A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'

Developer toolsRust#command-line#tool#filesystem#search#regex

1.8 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

A command-line tool for finding files and directories, a simple and fast alternative to find with intuitive syntax and sensible defaults.

Useful for

Find files by regex or glob pattern in the current directory
Run a command for each matched file in parallel via -x
Find all files with a given extension while respecting .gitignore and hidden files

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

10 stars so far today, about 12 expected by the end of the day.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 44,480
Stars in a day: 12
Forks: 1,140
Issues and pull requests: 2,033
Watchers: 154
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
Latest release: v10.5.0 · August 26, 2026
Created: May 9, 2017
Last push: September 16, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 17, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #8, +21 stars
September 16, 2026GitHub Trending Rust today: #8, +20 stars

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