CLI app launcher for fuzzy finders

Install

go install github.com/htsee/fzlaunch

If you use Nix, you can install the package using this repo's flake.nix

Usage

Subcommands

list: generate a list of applications

run [app]: run an application

preview [app]: provide information about an application

With fzf

# bash, zsh
fzlaunch list | fzf --preview "fzlaunch preview {}" | xargs -d "\n" fzlaunch run

# nushell
fzlaunch list | fzf --preview "fzlaunch preview {}" | fzlaunch run $in

With television

Put this in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/television/cable/fzlaunch.toml

[metadata]
name = "fzlaunch"
description = "App launcher"
requirement = ["fzlaunch"]

[source]
command = "fzlaunch list"

[preview]
command = "fzlaunch preview '{}'"

[keybindings]
enter = "actions:open"

[actions.open]
description = "Launch application"
command = "fzlaunch run {}"
mode = "execute"

then run tv fzlaunch

Build

git clone github.com/htsee/fzlaunch

# with go
go build

# with nix
nix build