Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install so

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install so

MacPorts ports tree · devel/so/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add so

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · so · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#so

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/so/so/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install extras/so

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/so.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Terminal interface for StackOverflow

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

so

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

so is a Rust terminal interface for Stack Overflow and the broader Stack Exchange network. It packages the familiar developer reflex of searching Stack Overflow into a terminal UI, with multi-site search, configurable search engines, and install paths across common package managers.

Projektgeschichte

The git history shows an initial commit on May 30, 2020, followed by rapid 0.1 through 0.4 releases in June and July 2020. The changelog calls 0.3.5 the initial passable release and 0.4.0 the point where packaging, keybindings, and the changelog itself were formalized.

The README frames the program as more than a Stack Overflow-only client: it can search any number of Stack Exchange sites, and it distinguishes itself from similar terminal helpers by supporting simultaneous multi-site searches.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Official installation docs list Arch AUR, FreeBSD ports, NetBSD pkgsrc, Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, crates.io, and release binaries. The changelog records Homebrew tap support in 0.4.0, a Homebrew core formula in 0.4.1, Windows/Scoop in 0.4.3, NetBSD in 0.4.5, and MacPorts in 0.4.10.

Wie es verwendet wird

The documented workflow is direct shell search: run so followed by a natural-language query, optionally choose Stack Exchange sites with --site/-s, and choose search backends such as StackExchange or Google. The configuration file stores defaults such as limit, lucky mode, sites, search_engine, copy_cmd, and api_key.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package nerds care about so because it sits at the intersection of terminal UI culture, Rust CLI distribution, and developer knowledge retrieval. It is also a compact example of a personal CLI growing into multi-platform packaging across Unix, Windows, BSD, and Rust's cargo ecosystem.

Zeitleiste

2020: Initial git commit.
2020: v0.1.0 first tagged release.
2020: v0.4.0 added Arch and Homebrew tap installation options.
2020: v0.4.1 added Homebrew core formula support.
2021: v0.4.5 added NetBSD installation documentation.
2024: v0.4.10 fixed Cloudflare blocking issues and added MacPorts installation documentation.

Related projects

The README explicitly compares so with how2 and howdoi, while positioning so around Stack Exchange network search rather than a single source.

Quellen

Official git tags from https://github.com/samtay/so.git
https://github.com/samtay/so#readme
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samtay/so/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/samtay/so/master/README.md

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 10 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: ~/.config/so/config.yml
macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/io.Sam-Tay.so/config.yml
Windows: %APPDATA%\Sam Tay\so\config.yml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Linux: ~/.config/so/config.yml
macOS: ~/Library/Preferences/io.Sam-Tay.so/config.yml
Windows: %APPDATA%\Sam Tay\so\config.yml

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`so`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version0.4.10

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.4.10

https://github.com/samtay/so

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:so
Version	0.4.10
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/so
Homepage	https://github.com/samtay/so
Repository	https://github.com/samtay/so
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/samtay/so#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/samtay/so/archive/refs/tags/v0.4.10.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeiten	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	so
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

so

nix profile install nixpkgs#so

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: So

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/so/so/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

so 0.4.10-r0

Terminal interface for Stackoverflow

https://github.com/samtay/so

sudo apk add so

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: so
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: So

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: so from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

so

sudo port install so

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: So

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/so/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

extras/so

scoop install extras/so

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: So

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/so.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/so.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

so mit Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop installieren