# fff.nvim

9 Hacker News commenters recommended fff.nvim and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Fast, typo-tolerant code search that people say finds the intended match quickly, available as a Neovim plugin and for AI tools via MCP.

## Why people recommend it

- Very fast search results (4 comments): "Crazy fast and the vast majority of the time I get the result I want in one shot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076990)) "provides better and faster search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47351678)) "with fff it is 20milliseconds" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616542))
- Typo-tolerant, finds intended matches (4 comments): "typo resistant and usable code search for real codebases" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47039441)) "if you would search in the chromium repo you would see the correct match" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616470)) "Finally, someone is fixing a problem that’s tailored to me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072280))
- Enthusiastic personal endorsements (3 comments): "i used it and I really like it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072502)) "this tickles me right where I itch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074515)) "Finally, someone is fixing a problem that’s tailored to me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072280))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "fff.nvim", https://hackerapproved.com/p/fff-nvim/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).