# samtay/so

A terminal interface for Stack Overflow

Repository: https://github.com/samtay/so
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/so
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tui, terminal, stackoverflow, stackexchange, cli, cursive, rust
Last push: 2025-06-30T16:10:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 36/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 29, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2286, "days_push": 429, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1423, forks 42 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:41.206907+00:00)

## What it is
A terminal user interface for searching Stack Overflow and the broader StackExchange network, written in Rust. It lets you query multiple StackExchange sites at once from the command line and browse results interactively.

## Use cases
- search stack overflow from the terminal
- look up programming answers without leaving the shell
- query multiple stackexchange sites at once
- find latex solutions from the command line
- browse coding Q&A in a tui

## When to choose
- you want quick answers to programming questions without opening a browser
- you need to search several StackExchange sites simultaneously
- you prefer terminal-based workflows

## When to avoid
- you need full browser features like voting or answering
- you need a GUI or rich web rendering of answers

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, cli, terminal-ui, http-client
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform, rust
- tags: tui, stackoverflow, stackexchange, rust, cursive, command-line, search, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- samtay/so (main) score 36

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.206907+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:39.942583+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samtay/so (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.206907+00:00, sha d8293643deec)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/so (fetched 2026-08-29T11:49:40.931143+00:00, sha 910507cf854d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.