# The Kakoune way **URL:** \ **Category:** Recipes & Guides\ **Tags:** plugins\ **Created:** [October 14, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/the-kakoune-way/2316 "2023-10-14T17:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![gustavo-hms](https://discuss.kakoune.com/user_avatar/discuss.kakoune.com/gustavo-hms/32/598_2.png) [@gustavo-hms](https://discuss.kakoune.com/u/gustavo-hms)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/the-kakoune-way/2316/2 "2023-10-15T00:31:59Z")
Hi, @lauccode! The reason the aforementioned plugins are archived is that @andreyorst stopped using Kakoune and, understandably, lose interest in maintaining them. The good news is that, specif for `fzf.kak` there are two alternatives that come to my mind. First, if you do want to stay with the `fzf` program, you can take a look at [popup.kak](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/popup-kak-run-shells-and-programs-within-a-kakoune-client-info-modal/2230) by @enricozb (an amazing plugin by the way; congrats, Enrico!). By using it, filtering files with `fzf` is just a matter of calling ```plaintext popup --title open --kak-script %{edit %opt{popup_output}} -- fzf ``` The other alternative is a plugin called [Peneira](https://github.com/gustavo-hms/peneira), developed by me. It’s a general purpose fuzzy finder you can use for many use cases: filtering files, or [lines inside a file](https://github.com/gustavo-hms/peneira#peneira-lines), or jump to [symbols in a source code](https://github.com/gustavo-hms/peneira#peneira-symbols)… you can even easily define your own custom filters, like @mbauhardt [did here](https://codeberg.org/mbauhardt/peneira-filters). The advantage of both alternatives, compared to `fzf.kak` is that you don’t need to run Kakoune inside a `tmux` session. They are very tightly integrated in Kakoune’s UI. I hope any one of them can be useful for you. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.kakoune.com/t/the-kakoune-way/2316)._