About The Silver Searcher
A fast open source text search tool, optimized for software development.
The Silver Searcher 2.2.7
A fast open source text search tool, optimized for software development.
- By Jean-François Larvoire
- Open Source
- Updated May 3, 2026
What's new in 2.2.7
New:
- This release now includes ARM and ARM64 versions of ag.exe.
Updated libraries:
- MsvcLibX to version 2026-04-16
- PCRE to version 8.45 2021-06-15
- pthread-win32 to version 3.0.3
- zlib to version 1.3.2
Fixed:
- Bug #7 ".gitignore patterns respected by Linux ag don't work in Windows ag" fixed by the MsvcLibX upgrade.
- Bug #8 "Where the hell is it?" fixed by ag_setup.exe now displaying a message box in the end, confirming the installation location.
Technical details
| Publisher | Jean-François Larvoire |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.7 |
| Release date | 2026-05-03 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Installer type | exe, zip |
| Architecture | neutral, x64, x86, arm64, arm |
| Package ID | JFLarvoire.Ag |
Links & install command
Install The Silver Searcher from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=JFLarvoire.Ag -eOlder versions
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.3
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