diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 29b3902d..92c6dfca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "time",
  "toml_edit",
+ "unicode-ellipsis",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
  "windows 0.56.0",
@@ -1476,6 +1477,16 @@ version = "1.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ellipsis"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c05e96c2778c2a4df66c381f3d68d143a7c863e6b7573c3654e116d4788c943"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3979b2d..7b9a1a40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.59"
 time = { version = "0.3.36", features = ["formatting", "macros"] }
 toml_edit = { version = "0.22.12", features = ["serde"] }
 tui = { version = "0.26.2", package = "ratatui" }
+unicode-ellipsis = "0.1.4"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.11.0"
 unicode-width = "0.1.12"
 
diff --git a/src/app/states.rs b/src/app/states.rs
index ee69d90c..0088e53d 100644
--- a/src/app/states.rs
+++ b/src/app/states.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ use std::{ops::Range, time::Instant};
 
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
+use unicode_ellipsis::grapheme_width;
 use unicode_segmentation::{GraphemeCursor, GraphemeIncomplete, UnicodeSegmentation};
 
 use crate::{
     app::{layout_manager::BottomWidgetType, query::*},
     constants,
-    utils::strings::str_width,
     widgets::{
         BatteryWidgetState, CpuWidgetState, DiskTableWidget, MemWidgetState, NetWidgetState,
         ProcWidgetState, TempWidgetState,
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ impl AppSearchState {
         for (index, grapheme) in
             UnicodeSegmentation::grapheme_indices(self.current_search_query.as_str(), true)
         {
-            let width = str_width(grapheme);
+            let width = grapheme_width(grapheme);
             let end = curr_offset + width;
 
             self.size_mappings.insert(index, curr_offset..end);
diff --git a/src/utils/general.rs b/src/utils/general.rs
index 6f3d14b4..789c73f5 100644
--- a/src/utils/general.rs
+++ b/src/utils/general.rs
@@ -88,4 +88,22 @@ mod test {
         let val: usize = 100;
         assert_eq!(val.clamp_lower(50), 100);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sort_partial_fn() {
+        let mut x = vec![9, 5, 20, 15, 10, 5];
+        let mut y = vec![1.0, 15.0, -1.0, -100.0, -100.1, 16.15, -100.0];
+
+        x.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(false)(a, b));
+        assert_eq!(x, vec![5, 5, 9, 10, 15, 20]);
+
+        x.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(true)(a, b));
+        assert_eq!(x, vec![20, 15, 10, 9, 5, 5]);
+
+        y.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(false)(a, b));
+        assert_eq!(y, vec![-100.1, -100.0, -100.0, -1.0, 1.0, 15.0, 16.15]);
+
+        y.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(true)(a, b));
+        assert_eq!(y, vec![16.15, 15.0, 1.0, -1.0, -100.0, -100.0, -100.1]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/strings.rs b/src/utils/strings.rs
index b7c54188..1d970c9f 100644
--- a/src/utils/strings.rs
+++ b/src/utils/strings.rs
@@ -1,169 +1,12 @@
-use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
-
 use tui::text::Text;
-use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
-use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
+use unicode_ellipsis::truncate_str;
 
 /// Truncates text if it is too long, and adds an ellipsis at the end if needed.
 ///
 /// TODO: Maybe cache results from this function for some cases? e.g. columns
 #[inline]
 pub fn truncate_to_text<'a, U: Into<usize>>(content: &str, width: U) -> Text<'a> {
-    Text::raw(truncate_str(content, width))
-}
-
-/// Returns the width of a str `s`. This takes into account some things like
-/// joiners when calculating width.
-#[inline]
-pub fn str_width(s: &str) -> usize {
-    UnicodeSegmentation::graphemes(s, true)
-        .map(|g| {
-            if g.contains('\u{200d}') {
-                2
-            } else {
-                UnicodeWidthStr::width(g)
-            }
-        })
-        .sum()
-}
-
-/// Returns the "width" of grapheme `g`. This takes into account some things like
-/// joiners when calculating width.
-///
-/// Note that while you *can* pass in an entire string, the point is to check
-/// individual graphemes (e.g. `"a"`, `"💎"`, `"大"`, `"🇨🇦"`).
-#[inline]
-fn grapheme_width(g: &str) -> usize {
-    if g.contains('\u{200d}') {
-        2
-    } else {
-        UnicodeWidthStr::width(g)
-    }
-}
-
-enum AsciiIterationResult {
-    Complete,
-    Remaining(usize),
-}
-
-/// Greedily add characters to the output until a non-ASCII grapheme is found, or
-/// the output is `width` long.
-#[inline]
-fn greedy_ascii_add(content: &str, width: NonZeroUsize) -> (String, AsciiIterationResult) {
-    let width: usize = width.into();
-
-    const SIZE_OF_ELLIPSIS: usize = 3;
-    let mut text = Vec::with_capacity(width - 1 + SIZE_OF_ELLIPSIS);
-
-    let s = content.as_bytes();
-
-    let mut current_index = 0;
-
-    while current_index < width - 1 {
-        let current_byte = s[current_index];
-        if current_byte.is_ascii() {
-            text.push(current_byte);
-            current_index += 1;
-        } else {
-            debug_assert!(text.is_ascii());
-
-            let current_index = AsciiIterationResult::Remaining(current_index);
-
-            // SAFETY: This conversion is safe to do unchecked, we only push ASCII characters up to
-            // this point.
-            let current_text = unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(text) };
-
-            return (current_text, current_index);
-        }
-    }
-
-    // If we made it all the way through, then we probably hit the width limit.
-    debug_assert!(text.is_ascii());
-
-    let current_index = if s[current_index].is_ascii() {
-        let mut ellipsis = [0; SIZE_OF_ELLIPSIS];
-        '…'.encode_utf8(&mut ellipsis);
-        text.extend_from_slice(&ellipsis);
-        AsciiIterationResult::Complete
-    } else {
-        AsciiIterationResult::Remaining(current_index)
-    };
-
-    // SAFETY: This conversion is safe to do unchecked, we only push ASCII characters up to
-    // this point.
-    let current_text = unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(text) };
-
-    (current_text, current_index)
-}
-
-/// Truncates a string to the specified width with an ellipsis character.
-///
-/// NB: This probably does not handle EVERY case, but I think it handles most cases
-/// we will use this function for fine... hopefully.
-///
-/// TODO: Maybe fuzz this function?
-/// TODO: Maybe release this as a lib? Testing against Fish's script [here](https://github.com/ridiculousfish/widecharwidth) might be useful.
-#[inline]
-fn truncate_str<U: Into<usize>>(content: &str, width: U) -> String {
-    let width = width.into();
-
-    if content.len() <= width {
-        // If the entire string fits in the width, then we just
-        // need to copy the entire string over.
-
-        content.to_owned()
-    } else if let Some(nz_width) = NonZeroUsize::new(width) {
-        // What we are essentially doing is optimizing for the case that
-        // most, if not all of the string is ASCII. As such:
-        // - Step through each byte until (width - 1) is hit or we find a non-ascii
-        //   byte.
-        // - If the byte is ascii, then add it.
-        //
-        // If we didn't get a complete truncated string, then continue on treating the rest as graphemes.
-
-        let (mut text, res) = greedy_ascii_add(content, nz_width);
-        match res {
-            AsciiIterationResult::Complete => text,
-            AsciiIterationResult::Remaining(current_index) => {
-                let mut curr_width = text.len();
-                let mut early_break = false;
-
-                // This tracks the length of the last added string - note this does NOT match the grapheme *width*.
-                // Since the previous characters are always ASCII, this is always initialized as 1, unless the string
-                // is empty.
-                let mut last_added_str_len = if text.is_empty() { 0 } else { 1 };
-
-                // Cases to handle:
-                // - Completes adding the entire string.
-                // - Adds a character up to the boundary, then fails.
-                // - Adds a character not up to the boundary, then fails.
-                // Inspired by https://tomdebruijn.com/posts/rust-string-length-width-calculations/
-                for g in UnicodeSegmentation::graphemes(&content[current_index..], true) {
-                    let g_width = grapheme_width(g);
-
-                    if curr_width + g_width <= width {
-                        curr_width += g_width;
-                        last_added_str_len = g.len();
-                        text.push_str(g);
-                    } else {
-                        early_break = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if early_break {
-                    if curr_width == width {
-                        // Remove the last grapheme cluster added.
-                        text.truncate(text.len() - last_added_str_len);
-                    }
-                    text.push('…');
-                }
-                text
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        String::default()
-    }
+    Text::raw(truncate_str(content, width.into()))
 }
 
 /// Checks that the first string is equal to any of the other ones in a ASCII case-insensitive match.
@@ -191,261 +34,6 @@ macro_rules! multi_eq_ignore_ascii_case {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use crate::utils::general::sort_partial_fn;
-
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_sort_partial_fn() {
-        let mut x = vec![9, 5, 20, 15, 10, 5];
-        let mut y = vec![1.0, 15.0, -1.0, -100.0, -100.1, 16.15, -100.0];
-
-        x.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(false)(a, b));
-        assert_eq!(x, vec![5, 5, 9, 10, 15, 20]);
-
-        x.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(true)(a, b));
-        assert_eq!(x, vec![20, 15, 10, 9, 5, 5]);
-
-        y.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(false)(a, b));
-        assert_eq!(y, vec![-100.1, -100.0, -100.0, -1.0, 1.0, 15.0, 16.15]);
-
-        y.sort_by(|a, b| sort_partial_fn(true)(a, b));
-        assert_eq!(y, vec![16.15, 15.0, 1.0, -1.0, -100.0, -100.0, -100.1]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_str() {
-        let cpu_header = "CPU(c)▲";
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(cpu_header, 8_usize),
-            cpu_header,
-            "should match base string as there is extra room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(cpu_header, 7_usize),
-            cpu_header,
-            "should match base string as there is enough room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cpu_header, 6_usize), "CPU(c…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cpu_header, 5_usize), "CPU(…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cpu_header, 4_usize), "CPU…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cpu_header, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cpu_header, 0_usize), "");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_ascii() {
-        let content = "0123456";
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(content, 8_usize),
-            content,
-            "should match base string as there is extra room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(content, 7_usize),
-            content,
-            "should match base string as there is enough room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(content, 6_usize), "01234…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(content, 5_usize), "0123…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(content, 4_usize), "012…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(content, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(content, 0_usize), "");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_cjk() {
-        let cjk = "施氏食獅史";
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(cjk, 11_usize),
-            cjk,
-            "should match base string as there is extra room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(cjk, 10_usize),
-            cjk,
-            "should match base string as there is enough room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk, 9_usize), "施氏食獅…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk, 8_usize), "施氏食…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk, 2_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk, 0_usize), "");
-
-        let cjk_2 = "你好嗎";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk_2, 5_usize), "你好…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk_2, 4_usize), "你…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk_2, 3_usize), "你…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk_2, 2_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk_2, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(cjk_2, 0_usize), "");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_mixed_one() {
-        let test = "Test (施氏食獅史) Test";
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(test, 30_usize),
-            test,
-            "should match base string as there is extra room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(test, 22_usize),
-            test,
-            "should match base string as there is just enough room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(test, 21_usize),
-            "Test (施氏食獅史) Te…",
-            "should truncate the t and replace the s with ellipsis"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 20_usize), "Test (施氏食獅史) T…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 19_usize), "Test (施氏食獅史) …");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 18_usize), "Test (施氏食獅史)…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 17_usize), "Test (施氏食獅史…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 16_usize), "Test (施氏食獅…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 15_usize), "Test (施氏食獅…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 14_usize), "Test (施氏食…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 13_usize), "Test (施氏食…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 8_usize), "Test (…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 7_usize), "Test (…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 6_usize), "Test …");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 5_usize), "Test…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 4_usize), "Tes…");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_mixed_two() {
-        let test = "Test (施氏abc食abc獅史) Test";
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(test, 30_usize),
-            test,
-            "should match base string as there is extra room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            truncate_str(test, 28_usize),
-            test,
-            "should match base string as there is just enough room"
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 26_usize), "Test (施氏abc食abc獅史) T…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 21_usize), "Test (施氏abc食abc獅…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 20_usize), "Test (施氏abc食abc…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 16_usize), "Test (施氏abc食…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 15_usize), "Test (施氏abc…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 14_usize), "Test (施氏abc…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 11_usize), "Test (施氏…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 10_usize), "Test (施…");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_flags() {
-        let flag = "🇨🇦";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag, 3_usize), flag);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag, 2_usize), flag);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag, 0_usize), "");
-
-        let flag_text = "oh 🇨🇦";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text, 6_usize), flag_text);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text, 5_usize), flag_text);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text, 4_usize), "oh …");
-
-        let flag_text_wrap = "!🇨🇦!";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text_wrap, 6_usize), flag_text_wrap);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text_wrap, 4_usize), flag_text_wrap);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text_wrap, 3_usize), "!…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text_wrap, 2_usize), "!…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_text_wrap, 1_usize), "…");
-
-        let flag_cjk = "加拿大🇨🇦";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_cjk, 9_usize), flag_cjk);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_cjk, 8_usize), flag_cjk);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_cjk, 7_usize), "加拿大…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_cjk, 6_usize), "加拿…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_cjk, 5_usize), "加拿…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_cjk, 4_usize), "加…");
-
-        let flag_mix = "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa大daai🇨🇦";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 20_usize), flag_mix);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 19_usize), "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa大daai…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 18_usize), "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa大daa…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 17_usize), "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa大da…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 15_usize), "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa大…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 14_usize), "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 13_usize), "🇨🇦加gaa拿naa…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 3_usize), "🇨🇦…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 2_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(flag_mix, 0_usize), "");
-    }
-
-    /// This might not be the best way to handle it, but this at least tests that it doesn't crash...
-    #[test]
-    fn test_truncate_hindi() {
-        // cSpell:disable
-        let test = "हिन्दी";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 10_usize), test);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 6_usize), "हिन्दी");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 5_usize), "हिन्दी");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 4_usize), "हिन्…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 3_usize), "हि…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 2_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(test, 0_usize), "");
-        // cSpell:enable
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn truncate_emoji() {
-        let heart_1 = "♥";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_1, 2_usize), heart_1);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_1, 1_usize), heart_1);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_1, 0_usize), "");
-
-        let heart_2 = "❤";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_2, 2_usize), heart_2);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_2, 1_usize), heart_2);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_2, 0_usize), "");
-
-        // This one has a U+FE0F modifier at the end, and is thus considered "emoji-presentation",
-        // see https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/10461#issuecomment-2079624670.
-        // This shouldn't really be a common issue in a terminal but eh.
-        let heart_emoji_pres = "❤️";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_emoji_pres, 2_usize), heart_emoji_pres);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_emoji_pres, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(heart_emoji_pres, 0_usize), "");
-
-        let emote = "💎";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(emote, 2_usize), emote);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(emote, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(emote, 0_usize), "");
-
-        let family = "👨‍👨‍👧‍👦";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(family, 2_usize), family);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(family, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(family, 0_usize), "");
-
-        let scientist = "👩‍🔬";
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(scientist, 2_usize), scientist);
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(scientist, 1_usize), "…");
-        assert_eq!(truncate_str(scientist, 0_usize), "");
-    }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_multi_eq_ignore_ascii_case() {