Show HN: GREF – Interactive search and replace for terminal and Vim

Category: cli-tool

Tags: search-and-replace, terminal-ui, vim-plugin, rust

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

GREF is an interactive search and replace tool for the terminal and Vim, offering a safe middle ground between blind global replacements and manual per-file editing. It's interesting because it combines a fast terminal UI with thoughtful safety features like atomic writes and Vim integration, making project-wide refactoring less error-prone.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, all developers

Repository: https://github.com/albertize/gref · Rust · MIT · 4 stars

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