try

A fast, interactive project selector for the command line. Quickly navigate between your projects with substring search and create new ones on the fly.

Inspired by tobi/try.

Installation

Option 1: Manual installation

1. Build the binary:

   go build -o try main.go

2. Add the shell integration to your .bashrc or .zshrc:

   # Add try to your PATH first
   export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/try"
   
   # Initialize the shell function
   eval "$(try init)"

Option 2: Using mise

Add to your .zshrc:

eval "$(mise x ubi:ekroon/try -- try init)"

Usage

try  # Launch the interactive project selector

Keyboard shortcuts:

• Ctrl+K/Ctrl+J - Navigate up/down
• Enter - Select project and cd into it
• Ctrl+N - Create new project with current search term
• Ctrl+Q - Quit
• Type to search projects

Configuration

Set a custom projects directory:

export TRY_PROJECTS_DIR="/path/to/your/projects"

Default: ~/projects

Features

• 🔍 Substring search through project directories
• ⚡ Fast navigation with keyboard shortcuts
• 📁 Create new projects with date prefixes (YYYY-MM-DD-name)
• 🎨 Beautiful terminal interface
• 🐚 Shell integration that actually changes your directory

TODO

• Implement actual fuzzy search for better matching