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| Version | Blog post |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [v1.9.0](https://fulll.github.io/github-code-search/blog/release-v1-9-0) | Windows support — native x64, x64-modern, x64-baseline and ARM64 binaries with one-line PowerShell installer |
| [v1.8.3](https://fulll.github.io/github-code-search/blog/release-v1-8-3) | Fix TUI layout: header/footer anchoring, viewport packing, narrow-terminal clipping, active-row contrast |
| [v1.8.2](https://fulll.github.io/github-code-search/blog/release-v1-8-2) | Fix rate-limit errors aborting multi-page searches; auto-wait and retry with live progress |
| [v1.8.1](https://fulll.github.io/github-code-search/blog/release-v1-8-1) | Fix silent hang after pagination bar — concurrency cap + progress bar for line-number resolution |
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| Release | Highlights |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [v1.9.0](./release-v1-9-0) | Windows support — native x64, x64-modern, x64-baseline and ARM64 binaries with one-line PowerShell install |
| [v1.8.3](./release-v1-8-3) | Fix TUI layout: header/footer anchoring, viewport packing and narrow-terminal rendering |
| [v1.8.2](./release-v1-8-2) | Fix rate-limit errors aborting multi-page searches — auto-wait and resume with live feedback |
| [v1.8.1](./release-v1-8-1) | Fix silent hang after pagination bar — concurrency cap + progress bar for line-number resolution |
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title: "What's new in v1.9.0"
description: "github-code-search is now available on Windows — native x64, x64-modern (AVX2), x64-baseline and ARM64 binaries"
date: 2026-03-11
---

# 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:

```powershell
irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | iex
```
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This says “elevated PowerShell prompt” but install.ps1 installs to a user directory and updates the HKCU user PATH, so admin elevation shouldn’t be required. Also, the one-liner uses https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1, which returns an HTML page rather than the raw script; update it to the raw URL (as used in README / installation docs) so iex runs the script content.

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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:

```powershell
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
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This section says the script downloads to %LOCALAPPDATA%\github-code-search, but install.ps1 defaults to ${Home}\.github-code-search\bin (unless -InstallDir is provided). Also, the “specific version or architecture” examples repeat the same command without showing how to pass -Version / -Target parameters, so readers can’t actually follow the instructions.

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`%LOCALAPPDATA%\github-code-search`, and adds the directory to your user `PATH`
automatically.
To install a specific version or architecture:
```powershell
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
`${Home}\.github-code-search\bin` (unless you override `-InstallDir`), and adds
the directory to your user `PATH` automatically.
To install a specific version or architecture, pass `-Version` and/or `-Target`:
```powershell
# Specific version
& { irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 } -Version v1.9.0
# Specific version and architecture (e.g. x64-modern, x64-baseline, arm64)
& { irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 } -Version v1.9.0 -Target x64-modern

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### 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.

---

## Upgrade

```sh
github-code-search upgrade
```

Or download the latest binary from
[GitHub Releases](https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/releases/tag/v1.9.0).
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{
"name": "github-code-search",
"version": "1.8.3",
"version": "1.9.0",
"description": "Interactive GitHub code search with per-repo aggregation",
"keywords": [
"bun",
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