gtsearch

This is a web server and web client for GNU grep and Git repositories. It is a kind of a much simpler Hound or Livegrep, which does not require to index files.

Here is a running demo instance.

Is it slow?

Yes and no. grep on Linux is blazing fast on small repositories. Moreover, the gtsearch server streams results via WebSockets to the client in order to show the first matches instantly.

gtsearch starts one grep process per search. When some results don't fit on the client screen, the grep process is paused with kill(SIGTSTP). When the user scrolls down the result list, the server resumes the grep process with kill(SIGCONT). When the user starts a new search, the previous grep process is killed with kill(SIGTERM). It’s a bit tricky but it works.

However, grep is much slower with specific queries on very large repositories. Consider using Hound or Livegrep instead.

Regexps?

Currently no, but it’s really easy to implement since grep supports them. Please send PRs.

Deploy

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -e GTSEARCH_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0 moteta/gtsearch:0.11

It listens on localhost by default.

Repositories and SQLite files are stored at /gs/server/var/ in the container. Feel free to create a volume.

The admin password is printed on stdout. Copy and paste it in the /login form in order to add the first repository.

That’s it.