jcd 1.0.1

By Mark Russinovich

Published: October 13, 2025

Download jcd for Linux and macOS (GitHub)

Introduction

jcd (jump change directory) is a Rust-based command-line tool that provides enhanced directory navigation with substring matching and smart selection. It's like the cd command, but with superpowers!

Features

• Tab Navigation: Intelligent cycling through all matches with visual feedback and animated loading indicators
• Bidirectional Tab Cycling: Tab cycles forward, Shift+Tab cycles backward through matches
• Case Sensitivity Control: Use -i flag for case-insensitive matching (default is case-sensitive)
• Directory Ignore Support: Skip unwanted directories using .jcdignore files with regex patterns
• Flexible Ignore Configuration: Support for project-local, user, and system-wide ignore files
• First-Match Jump: Press Enter after typing to immediately navigate to the best match
• Priority Matching Order:
  1. Exact matches prioritized over partial matches
  2. Up-tree matches (parent directories) have highest priority
  3. Down-tree matches (subdirectories) sorted by proximity
  4. Alphabetical sorting within same priority level
• Substring Matching: Find directories by partial name matches
• Bidirectional Search: Searches both up the directory tree and down into subdirectories

Usage

Usage:
  jcd [-i] [-x] <directory_pattern>   - Changes directory according to the pattern

Flags:
  -i                     - Case-insensitive matching (default: case-sensitive)
  -x                     - Bypass ignore patterns (search all directories)

directory_pattern:
  jcd <substring>        # Navigate to directory matching substring
  jcd <absolute_path>    # Navigate to absolute path
  jcd <path/pattern>     # Navigate using path-like patterns

Download jcd for Linux and macOS (GitHub)

Runs on:

• Linux
• macOS