zoxide
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 19 of 86 privilege escalation tools by recommenders
People recommend it as a smarter cd that learns frequent folders and jumps to them quickly. Caveat: parent folders are only added if you cd into each one manually.
People recommend it as a smarter cd that learns frequent folders and jumps to them quickly. Caveat: parent folders are only added if you cd into each one manually.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 95%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 18 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Faster, smarter cd replacement
“Going from cd to zoxide is like going from walking to driving an F1 car around the directory tree.”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Make.ts” “a more powerful version of cd that remembers folders you've been to”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Small programming tricks” “I use Zoxide to replace the alt+d cd shortcut as it's much faster”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “You probably don't need Oh My Zsh” - Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?”
- Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “You probably don't need Oh My Zsh”
Jumps to frequently used folders
“I have been a very big fan of zoxide. It can jump around your common directories.”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)” “a more powerful version of cd that remembers folders you've been to”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Small programming tricks” “I just type "z p" in that case and that's enough to get me there.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)” Daily top tool for many
“they're the only 'modern' additions to my workflow that actually felt worth the setup time”
Comment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Midnight Captain – A midnight commander inspired file manager” “zoxide is also probably my most used tool”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Small programming tricks” “zoxide is now one of my top commands”
Comment from 28 Jan 2026 in “Make.ts”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Parent folders not added automatically
“unless you manually CD each hop, the different parent directories aren't added to your Zoxide DB”
Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Small programming tricks”
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See all 86 privilege escalation tools, rankedWhat people said
16 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Yes, because you don't have to pop in order.”
“unless you manually CD each hop, the different parent directories aren't added to your Zoxide DB”
“A huge quality of life improvement!”
“zoxide is also probably my most used tool”
“a more powerful version of cd that remembers folders you've been to”
“zoxide (z) for fuzzily jumping around on my system or on remote systems with z installed”
“they're the only 'modern' additions to my workflow that actually felt worth the setup time”
“intelligent cd to move between directories incredibly quickly”
“I just type "z p" in that case and that's enough to get me there.”
“I have been a very big fan of zoxide. It can jump around your common directories.”
“the "ghosts" of old projects won't stop winning matches”
“Going from cd to zoxide is like going from walking to driving an F1 car around the directory tree.”
“zoxide is now one of my top commands”
“smart and fast cd replacement”
“I use Zoxide to replace the alt+d cd shortcut as it's much faster”
“Works great for most of my tools”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.