the_silver_searcher

Install command:
brew install the_silver_searcher

Also known as: ag

Code-search similar to ack

https://geoff.greer.fm/ag/

License: Apache-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/the_silver_searcher.json

Formula code: the_silver_searcher.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
macOS on
Intel
sonoma ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 2.2.0
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

pcre2 10.49 Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API
xz 5.8.4 General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
automake 1.19 Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
pkgconf 3.0.8 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Binaries: ag

Analytics:

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Installs4331,82031,402
Installs (--HEAD)0122
Installs on Request4331,82131,389
Installs on Request (--HEAD)0122
Build Errors0