Scooter

Interactive find & replace terminal UI.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Search with a fixed string or regex to find and replace across files. Interactive UI to trigger the replace. Follows .gitignore and ignores hidden files by default. Colorized UI. Available via Cargo, Homebrew, Nix and downloadable binaries.

Tradeoffs

Matching is basic - doesn’t support negative lookahead or multi-line replacements.

Is Scooter a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2024-12-05. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers using various package managers should consider this tool for file modifications

Why consider it

It allows searching with a fixed string or regex to find and replace across files

Keep in mind

Its matching capability is basic and lacks support for negative lookahead or multi-line replacements

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