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24 alternatives to Google Search from the Terminal

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Google Search from the Terminal launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Goosh▲66

   Command line style Google search

   2016 · goosh.org · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TermHere▲147

   “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

   2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal▲73

   Open a web search in your terminal. Contribute to zquestz/s development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Earlyn▲84

   Searchable memory of your screen and meetings, on your Mac

   20d ago · earlyn.app · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Google Cloud Search▲86

   A unified smart search engine for G Suite customers

   2017 · cloud.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6TU
   this URL goes to Google▲7

   2013 · 74.125.227.40 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   (gle) a tiny but completely functional Google searcher lib in python▲9

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8BR
   Built RealTime Search for Google Chrome▲6

   2013 · apoorv.quora.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Search Google Images *in* your keyboard▲6

   2016 · imagesearchkeyboard.com · its alternatives →

10. 10GC
    Googling Code the Fast Way (Sublime Text Plugin)▲6

    2016 · instagoogling.com · its alternatives →

11. 11SM
    Search Made Easy▲5

    2013 · ankane.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12SD
    Searching documentation made easy. (Web & API)▲9

    2013 · doks.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Google Search▲7

    Indexes the world information and makes it easy to find.

    2015 · google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14EO
    Enhanced, Open-Source Google Search for Hackers▲5

    2016 · search.spince.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Gitlogs▲5

    Finally, A Better Way to Search Github

    2016 · franksohakune.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MS
    Music Search Engine▲7

    2012 · tunesicles.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    FindR, a fully-featured find and replace bar for Google Chrome▲8

    2017 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18BA
    Built a small search engine without the fluff▲6

    2024 · kgrep.com · its alternatives →

19. 19HN
    Hot Notes – Fuzzy Search for Apple Notes (macOS)▲9

    2025 · hotmatcha.dev · its alternatives →

20. 20JI
    Jekyll + indextank = static websites with fulltext search▲6

    2011 · pwiddershoven.nl · its alternatives →

21. 21SF
    Said.fm now with Semantic-ish Search▲8

    2011 · blog.said.fm · its alternatives →

22. 22LF
    Lightning fast search for Rubygems▲7

    2015 · rubygems.algolia.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Haste▲7

    Search the web faster

    2017 · plastic-software.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Googler▲4

    Search Google from the command line

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →