sheepla / gofind

🔍 A command line pkg.go.dev searcher and `go get` helper

🔍 gofind

A command line pkg.go.dev searcher and go get helper

Features

• Quickly search Go packages or symbol
• Easily get package that you selected
• Search results can be output in JSON format
• Can be open the document page in your web browser

Usage

Usage:
  gofind [OPTIONS] QUERY...

Application Options:
  -s, --symbol   Search for symbol instead of package
  -l, --limit=   Number of search result items limit (default: 20)
  -V, --version  Show version
  -j, --json     Output search results in JSON format
  -o, --open     Open the document URL in your web browser
  -u, --url      Output pkg.go.dev URL instead of output package name
  -g, --goget    Run go get command to get the package that you selected

Help Options:
  -h, --help     Show this help message

Simply specifying the keywords in the arguments e.g. package name (template), symbol name (io.Reader), multiple keywords (json OR yaml) etc.

NOTE: To see examples of keywords to search for, check search-help on pkg.go.dev.

It can be output the result in JSON format by specifying the -j, --json option.

By default, it searches for packages, but you can also search for symbols with the -s, --symbol option.

When you select an item, the name of the package is output. You can also output the URL by specifying the -u, --url option.

Installation

You can download the executable binaries from the latest page.

To build from source, clone or download this repository then run go install, or run below:

go install github.com/sheepla/gofind@latest

Developing on go1.18.3 linux/amd64.

License

MIT

Author

Sheepla