Scooter

Scooter is an open-source command-line utility designed for interactive find-and-replace operations inside the terminal, placing it in the Developer Tools / Text Processing category. Written in Rust and published by thomasschafer, the program presents a TUI (text-user interface) that lets users load any text stream—log files, source code, configuration data, CSV tables, JSON documents, Markdown drafts, or multi-line shell output—then visually preview every proposed substitution before committing changes. Regular-expression support, capture-group highlighting, case-insensitive toggles, multi-line mode, and incremental search allow precise targeting of patterns, while an undo stack and live diff pane reduce the risk of unintended edits. Typical scenarios include renaming symbols across a codebase, sanitizing exported data, updating version strings in CI scripts, modernizing deprecated syntax in legacy projects, or interactively cleaning large log extracts without leaving the shell. Since its first public commit the project has iterated through sixteen numbered releases; the current stable build, version 0.9.0, ships with performance improvements to the regex engine, better Unicode segmentation, new color themes that adapt to either dark or light terminals, and optional keyboard mappings that follow Vim or Emacs conventions. Pre-built binaries are offered for Windows, macOS, and Linux, each under ten megabytes and requiring no installation step beyond placing the executable on PATH; Cargo users may also compile from source for additional optimization targets. Scooter is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always delivering the latest version and supporting batch installation of multiple applications.

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