Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 24 Oct 2026, 2 days before this check.
Latest release v0.10.0 on 4 Jul 2026.
Public since March 2020, a little over 6 years.
40,293 stars and 934 forks.
33 commits and 12 new issues in the last 90 days.
117 contributors. 30 pull requests merged in 90 days.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool replaces the standard command you use to change folders in your terminal. It learns which directories you visit most often as you work. Instead of typing a long path, you type part of a folder name and jump straight there. It works across almost all shell programs on your computer. It costs nothing and runs instantly without slowing down your machine.
What it is
zoxide (a smarter navigation command-line tool written in Rust) watches your folder habits and maintains a weighted database of paths. It integrates into your shell configuration so you can type short queries instead of full paths.
What it is good for
Anyone who spends time in a terminal and wants to stop typing out long directory paths by hand. It removes the friction of navigating deep folder structures during daily development.
- Learns your most frequent folders automatically as you work.
- Works on all major shells including Bash, Zsh, Fish and PowerShell.
- Fast execution with a tiny footprint in system memory.
- Requires adding a snippet to your shell configuration file.
- Takes a short adjustment period to stop using the traditional cd command.
- Optional fuzzy finder integration requires a separate installation step.
the standard cd command and manual path typing
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curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide/main/install.sh | sh