findit

A fast, lightweight command-line filesystem search tool written in Rust. Search for directories, files, or words within files — with support for ignore files to filter out noise like target or node_modules.

Usage

Search for a directory

findit --dir <start_path> <name>

findit --dir . src

Search for a file

findit --file <start_path> <name>

findit --file . main.rs

Search for a word in a file

findit --word <file_path> <word>

findit --word ./src/main.rs fn

Set ignore file

findit --ignore <file_path>

findit --ignore ~/.finditignore

Verbose mode

Add --verbose to any search command to see the full traversal output.

findit --dir . src --verbose

Ignore File

The ignore file works similarly to .gitignore. Each line is a pattern — any path containing that pattern will be skipped during traversal.

Example ignore file:

target
node_modules
.git

Set your ignore file once with findit --ignore <path> and it will persist across sessions.

Installation

Cargo

cargo install findit-rs

curl

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LukachuPro88/Findit/main/install.sh | sh

License

MIT — Copyright 2026 Luka Saarivirta (LukachuPro88)