How do I use Telescope for fuzzy finding in Neovim?

Explanation

Telescope is a highly extensible fuzzy finder for Neovim. It provides a beautiful floating window interface for searching files, text, buffers, and more.

How it works

• :Telescope find_files opens the file finder
• :Telescope live_grep searches text across files
• :Telescope buffers lists open buffers
• :Telescope help_tags searches help documentation

Example

-- Neovim Lua configuration
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>ff', ':Telescope find_files<CR>')
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>fg', ':Telescope live_grep<CR>')
vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>fb', ':Telescope buffers<CR>')

Tips

• Requires Neovim 0.5+
• Install with a plugin manager supporting Lua plugins
• <C-x> opens in a split, <C-v> in a vsplit
• Highly customizable with Lua configuration
• Extensions available for git, LSP, file browser, and more