Have you tried FZF (the fuzzy finder)? https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It integrates well with UNIX shells, editors (VIM integ

Have you tried FZF (the fuzzy finder)? https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It integrates well with UNIX shells, editors (VIM integration is excellent), git log search etc. It's really versatile. Of course, there is also q: http://harelba.github.io/q/ http://harelba.github.io/q/ for something that is more like the software described by OP.