mrcjkb/scout-fork

Scout packages on Hackage

scout

CLI tool for searching packages on Hackage.

Install

Build with cabal or grab a binary from the releases page.

git clone https:/github.com/aloussase/scout.git
cd scout
cabal install

The project uses GHC version 9.0.2, so make sure you are using that to install.

Usage

scout --help

scout - CLI tool for scouting packages in Hackage

Usage: scout COMMAND [-l|--limit INT] [-f|--format apt, csv] [-s|--select ARG]

  Scout Hackage packages

Available options:
  -l,--limit INT           How many packages to show in the output (default: 16)
  -f,--format apt, csv     Format in which to display search results
                           (default: Apt)
  -s,--select ARG          Fields from package info to output
                           (default: [Description,Downloads,LastUpload,Name,Uri,Votes])
  -h,--help                Show this help text

Available commands:
  search                   Search packages in Hackage

Example

List the first 3 packages:

scout search aeson --limit 3

Find the package with the most downloads and copy its uri to the clipboard:

scout search megaparsec --limit 1 | awk '/uri/ {print $3}' | xclip -sel clip

Output only the name and uri fields (only works in csv mode for the moment):

scout search scotty --format csv --select name,uri

Neovim - Telescope extension

The repository contains a telescope extension in the vim directory that can be used to dynamically search for packages and open the selected one's Hackage url in the browser.

You can install the extension using packer:

use { 'aloussase/scout', rtp = 'vim' }

And then load the extension:

require('telescope').load_extension('scout')

License

MIT