Feature matrix
| Feature | ukrop | zoxide | Atuin | fzf | McFly | Television | autojump | HSTR | hiSHtory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | ||
| Language | Rust | Rust | Rust | Go | Rust | Rust | Python | C/C++ | Go |
| Directory jumping | ✓ | ✓ | – | Alt+C | – | – | ✓ | – | – |
| Command history search | ✓ | – | ✓ | Ctrl+R | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSH host picker | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Unified TUI | 3-panel | CLI | single | single | single | single | CLI | single | single |
| Frecency scoring | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | neural net | – | ✓ | algo | – |
| Two-tier search (sub+fuzzy) | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Match highlighting | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – |
| CWD-scoped commands | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Favorites | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Edit before execute | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Copy to clipboard | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Setup wizard | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Config file | TOML | – | TOML | env | env | TOML | – | – | config |
| In-TUI config editor | ✓ F9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ignore patterns | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-cleanup stale dirs | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cloud sync | – | – | ✓ E2E | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ E2E |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT | MIT | MIT | MIT | GPL-3 | Apache-2 | MIT |
Detailed comparisons
Each page is a focused side-by-side: feature table, where ukrop wins, where the alternative wins, and the bottom line.
vs zoxide
The most popular directory jumper. Fast, mature, 8+ shells — but directories only.
vs Television
Rust general-purpose fuzzy finder with channels and previews.
Summary
Choose ukrop if you want one tool for navigating directories, recalling commands, and connecting to SSH hosts, with no external dependencies, no cloud account, and minimal setup. The trade-off is that ukrop doesn't offer cloud sync or the massive plugin ecosystems of fzf and zoxide.
A more detailed feature-by-feature breakdown lives in doc/comparison.md on GitHub.