monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher

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2818 stars · 144 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The Platinum Searcher (pt) is a fast command-line code search tool similar to ack and the_silver_searcher, written in Go. It recursively searches files while respecting .gitignore, supports multiple encodings (UTF-8, EUC-JP, Shift_JIS), and ships binaries for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Use cases

• search code in a project from the terminal faster than grep
• grep alternative that respects gitignore
• search files with Japanese encodings like Shift_JIS or EUC-JP
• integrate a fast searcher into vim or emacs
• find a pattern across a large codebase quickly

When to choose

• you want ack/ag-like search with multi-encoding support
• you need a single static binary across macOS, Windows, and Linux
• you use Vim or Emacs and want a fast grep backend

When to avoid

• you already use ripgrep, which is more actively maintained
• you need IDE-integrated search rather than a CLI tool
• you need content indexing or fuzzy file finding rather than literal pattern search

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

search-engine cli developer-tools developer-tools windows cli go code-search grep-alternative ack-alternative silver-searcher multi-encoding command-line search macos linux

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