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
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 2.2.0
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

pcre2 10.47 Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API
xz 5.8.2 General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.72 Automatic configure script builder
automake 1.18.1 Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
pkgconf 2.5.1 Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
the_silver_searcher 3,501
Installs on Request (30 days)
the_silver_searcher 3,498
Build Errors (30 days)
the_silver_searcher 0
Installs (90 days)
the_silver_searcher 13,159
the_silver_searcher --HEAD 11
Installs on Request (90 days)
the_silver_searcher 13,153
the_silver_searcher --HEAD 11
Installs (365 days)
the_silver_searcher 118,407
the_silver_searcher --HEAD 197
Installs on Request (365 days)
the_silver_searcher 118,388
the_silver_searcher --HEAD 197