# fuzzysort

JavaScript library that fuzzy-matches search text against strings and object properties, with scores and highlighting.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/fuzzysort/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/farzher/fuzzysort

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Stephen Kamenar
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4355
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 14554982
- contributors: 4
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1542
- dependentPackages: 127

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/farzher/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farzher/fuzzysort/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://api.github.com/users/farzher (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/farzher/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/farzher/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/farzher/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/farzher/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farzher/fuzzysort/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/farzher/fuzzysort/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/farzher/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/farzher/fuzzysort/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/fuzzysort (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

fuzzysort is a fuzzy-search library for JavaScript that fuzzy-matches search text against strings and against object properties, with scores and highlighting. It is installed with npm, and a browser build can be imported from jsDelivr. The README is the only documentation in the repository, and the project links a demo page from it.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0