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Dev tools · January 25, 2016

Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal

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

Search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, other sites from the terminal launched on January 25, 2016 with 73 votes, #878 of 4,523 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

Visit github.com ↗Alternativestop 19% of January 2016

In plain words

This is a command-line tool that lets developers search Google, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and other websites directly from the terminal without leaving their workflow. It streamlines common developer searches by opening results in a web browser from a simple terminal command. The tool is designed for programmers who want faster access to documentation and code examples while working in the command line.

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