About skim
A fast fuzzy finder for the command line written in Rust.
skim 5.8.0
A fast fuzzy finder for the command line written in Rust.
- By skim-rs
- Open Source
- Updated Oct 20, 2026
What's new in 5.8.0
Release Notes
🚀 Features
- (lib) Add preview streaming (#1188)
- Use --popup-name to name popup panes (#1203)
🐛 Bug Fixes
- (fzy) Keep the best first-character match when computing indices (#1198)
- (fzy) Make highlighted indices follow the scored path (#1202)
- Quote args on windows too (#1205)
📚 Documentation
- Add link to a live browser demo (#1204)
New Contributors
- @kooler made their first contribution in #1204
- @ybai08 made their first contribution in #1202
Install skim 5.8.0
Install prebuilt binaries via shell script
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/skim-rs/skim/releases/download/v5.8.0/skim-installer.sh | sh
Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/skim-rs/skim/releases/download/v5.8.0/skim-installer.ps1 | iex"
Download skim 5.8.0
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skim-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz │Apple Silicon macOS│checksum
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skim-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz │Intel macOS │checksum
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skim-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip │x64 Windows │checksum
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skim-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.msi │x64 Windows │checksum
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skim-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz │ARM64 Linux │checksum
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skim-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz │x64 Linux │checksum
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skim-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz │ARM64 MUSL Linux │checksum
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skim-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.xz │x64 MUSL Linux │checksum
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Technical details
| Publisher | skim-rs |
|---|---|
| Author | Loric ANDRE and contributors |
| Version | 5.8.0 |
| Release date | 2026-10-20 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | skim-rs.skim |
Links & install command
Install skim from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=skim-rs.skim -eOlder versions
- 5.7.4
- 5.7.3
- 5.7.2
- 5.7.1
- 5.7.0
- 5.6.6
- 5.6.5
- 5.6.4
- 5.6.3
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