Fast file indexer and search for Windows. Indexes 1M+ files in ~12s, then fuzzy-searches them in ~15ms.
Built with Rust using rayon for parallel crawling, nucleo for fuzzy matching (same engine as Helix editor), and crossterm for the TUI.
Tested on 1,093,594 files (RTX 3060 / Ryzen system):
| Operation | Time |
|---|---|
| First index | ~12s (65K files/sec) |
| Cache reload | <1s |
| Fuzzy search (avg) | ~15ms (1.09M files) |
Measured over 100 iterations per query using release build. Run Ctrl+B inside the TUI to benchmark on your machine.
git clone https://github.com/fulong97/turbofind.git
cd turbofind
cargo build --releaseBinary ends up at target/release/turbofind.exe.
cargo install --path .This copies turbofind to ~/.cargo/bin/ which is already in your PATH. Run turbofind from anywhere.
Or grab the pre-built .exe from Releases.
# Index default paths
turbofind
# Index specific directories
turbofind C:\Projects D:\Documents| Query | What it does |
|---|---|
budget |
Fuzzy match all files |
ext:rs config |
Only .rs files matching "config" |
ext:pdf invoice |
Only PDFs matching "invoice" |
dir: |
Only directories |
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Up/Down |
Navigate results |
Enter |
Open file |
Ctrl+O |
Open containing folder |
Ctrl+B |
Run benchmark |
Esc |
Quit |
First run crawls the filesystem in parallel using all CPU cores and builds an in-memory index. The index gets serialized to a binary cache file so subsequent launches load in under a second. Search uses the nucleo fuzzy matching algorithm (same engine as Helix editor) with parallel scoring via rayon. Extension filters use a pre-built HashMap for O(1) lookup.
rayon walkdir nucleo crossterm bincode serde dirs
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