amber, a code search & replace tool

1. ast-grep

   1 48 9,058 9.9 Rust

   ⚡A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust

   

   ast-grep is based on tree-sitter parsers and most of the time is spent on parsing.

   There is some optimization to [skip parsing](https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep/blob/9f8ed5fb2abf35d928...) but generally I don't expect ast-grep can beat ripgrep or amber. (but sometimes ast-grep can beat grep due to parallel processing)

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3. amber

   2 4 886 8.0 Rust

   A code search / replace tool (by dalance)

   

4. ripgrep

   3 368 53,166 7.2 Rust

   ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

   

5. goreplace

   4 1 186 - Go

   command line tool for search and replace

   

   I used to use https://comby.dev/ but I kept having issues where it wouldn't accept my input or it'd error during processing. It was very flakey. So I've resorted to using https://github.com/piranha/goreplace as backup which is much simpler but reliable.

   I'll check this one out...

6. sd

   5 38 6,348 3.5 Rust

   Intuitive find & replace CLI (sed alternative)

   

   Feels similar to `sd` (https://github.com/chmln/sd)

   which in my mind was the first “replace” version of ripgrep

   grep -> ripgrep

7. srgn

   6 7 829 9.2 Rust

   A grep-like tool which understands source code syntax and allows for manipulation in addition to search

   

   The tool you are describing is what I am trying to build at https://github.com/alexpovel/srgn . The idea is a compromise between regex (think ripgrep) and grammar awareness (through tree-sitter).

8. agr

   7 2 1 2.7 Python

   ag + sed

   

   this is cool! i do the same thing[1], wanted ag/rg to be able to search and replace.

   1. https://github.com/nathants/agr

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10. gritql

    8 10 3,895 8.4 Rust

    GritQL is a query language for searching, linting, and modifying code.

    

    Yeah it doesn't look like this is AST-aware at all.

    If you want to do queries that understand the grammar, https://github.com/getgrit/gritql is closer to what you're looking for.

    Ex. here's how you would search for your example of looking for a string unless it's inside a string constant. [0]

    grit apply '"this_string" => `new_string` where { $match <: not within string() }'

    [0] https://app.grit.io/studio?key=v8iA8zIbHs2uCykNpSF_G

11. amber

    9 7 4,199 8.7 Rust

    💎 Amber the programming language compiled to Bash

    

    Not to be confused with this Amber

    https://amber-lang.com/

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