What's new in github-code-search v1.9.0

Full release notes: https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/releases/tag/v1.9.0

Highlights

Windows support — four native architectures

github-code-search now ships pre-built .exe binaries for Windows:

Binary	Target CPU
github-code-search-windows-x64-modern.exe	AVX2 / SSE4.2 (most CPUs since ~2013)
github-code-search-windows-x64-baseline.exe	Any x86-64 CPU
github-code-search-windows-x64.exe	Legacy alias for backward compatibility
github-code-search-windows-arm64.exe	ARM64 (Snapdragon X, Surface Pro X …)

The installer picks the best variant for your machine automatically and falls back through x64-modern → x64-baseline → x64 if a variant is missing from a given release.

One-line PowerShell installer

Installing from an elevated PowerShell prompt is now a single command:

irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | iex

The script detects your architecture, downloads the optimal binary to %LOCALAPPDATA%\github-code-search, and adds the directory to your user PATH automatically.

To install a specific version or architecture:

irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | iex
# or
Invoke-RestMethod https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | Invoke-Expression

EXE metadata and icon

The Windows binaries embed proper file metadata (title, publisher, version, description, copyright) so they show correctly in Explorer file properties and are not mis-identified as generic bun processes.
A multi-resolution .ico icon (16×16 → 256×256) is also baked into the binary, making the executable recognisable in taskbar, Alt+Tab and file dialogs.

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