Features

| Feature | Flag | Description | |---------|------|-------------| | Full-text search | -t | Search file contents | | Filename search | -f | Search file/directory names | | Regex search | -r | ECMAScript regular expressions | | Web search | --web | Fetch & search web pages (HTML auto-stripped) | | JSON output | --json | Structured output for AI parsing | | Context lines | -A / -B / -C | Lines before/after match | | Extension filter | -e | Filter by file extension | | Depth limit | --depth | Control recursion depth |

Install

# npm (recommended)
npm install -g @catodm/searchup

# Build from source
git clone https://github.com/oemoem12/searchup.git
cd searchup
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

Usage

# Basic full-text search
searchup -t "function" src/

# Regex with context
searchup -r -C 2 "class\s+\w+" .

# JSON output for AI consumption
searchup --json "TODO" .

# Filename search
searchup -f "config" /etc

# Count matches per file
searchup -c -t "FIXME" .

# Search web page content
searchup --web -i "searchup" https://github.com/oemoem12/searchup

# Web search with JSON output
searchup --web --json "MIT" https://example.com

Project Structure

searchup-skill/
├── SKILL.md              # Skill definition (Trae IDE)
├── scripts/
│   ├── searchup.cpp      # C++17 core engine
│   └── searchup.js       # Node.js wrapper (npm bin)
├── Makefile              # GNU Make build
├── CMakeLists.txt        # CMake build support
├── package.json          # npm package
├── LICENSE               # MIT License
└── README.md             # You are here

AI-Friendly JSON Output

{
  "pattern": "TODO",
  "mode": "text",
  "total_matches": 42,
  "files_searched": 156,
  "results": [
    {
      "file": "src/main.cpp",
      "matches": [
        { "line": 10, "content": "// TODO: refactor" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Requirements

• C++17 compiler (GCC 8+, Clang 7+)
• Node.js >= 14 (for npm install)
• POSIX OS (Linux, macOS, WSL)
• curl (required for --web mode)

License

Copyright © 2025 catodm. Licensed under the MIT License.

MIT License

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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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