skim-rs/skim v5.0.0

5.0.0 - 2026-07-02

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Release Notes

Note: this release is not breaking for CLI users or library users who used the default features.

A lot has happened since skim v4, and this is a good opportunity for a quick recap :

• Windows support has been available for quite a while now, and a lot of work has been put into making skim as cross-platform as possible, with almost the same test coverage on Windows than Unix(-likes).
• Image support in preview is easily achievable through the --image flag, using whatever we detect is available (kitty image protocol, sixel or a unicode half-blocks fallback)
• Zellij support was added and grouped with tmux under the --popup flag
• Multiline items can be rendered for more complex interfaces
• Various performance improvements allow us to slowly but steadily keep gaining performance across our benchmarks

Check the changelog for more details !

🚀 Features

• [breaking] Feature-gate listen and image to allow opting out (#1103)

Install skim 5.0.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/skim-rs/skim/releases/download/v5.0.0/skim-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/skim-rs/skim/releases/download/v5.0.0/skim-installer.ps1 | iex"

Download skim 5.0.0