A code search tool similar to ack and the_silver_searcher(ag). It supports multi platforms and multi encodings.

• It searches code about 3–5× faster than ack.
• It searches code as fast as the_silver_searcher(ag).
• It ignores file patterns from your .gitignore and .hgignore.
• It searches UTF-8, EUC-JP and Shift_JIS files.
• It provides binaries for multi platform (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux).

ack go  6.24s user 1.06s system 99%  cpu 7.304 total
ag go   0.88s user 1.39s system 221% cpu 1.027 total
pt go   1.05s user 1.03s system 195% cpu 1.066 total

$ go get github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher
$ go build -o ../../../../bin/pt

Download from following urls.

• Mac OS X(x86 64bit)
• Mac OS X(x86 32bit)
• Windows(x86 64bit)
• Windows(x86 32bit)
• Linux(x86 64bit)
• Linux(x86 32bit)

$ # Recursively searchs for PATTERN in current directory.
$ pt PATTERN

$ # You can specified PATH and some OPTIONS.
$ pt OPTIONS PATTERN PATH

You can use pt with Unite.vim.

nnoremap <silent> ,g :<C-u>Unite grep:. -buffer-name=search-buffer<CR>
if executable('pt')
  let g:unite_source_grep_command = 'pt'
  let g:unite_source_grep_default_opts = '--nogroup --nocolor'
  let g:unite_source_grep_recursive_opt = ''
endif

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request