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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "What's new in v1.9.0" |
| 3 | +description: "github-code-search is now available on Windows — native x64, x64-modern (AVX2), x64-baseline and ARM64 binaries" |
| 4 | +date: 2026-03-11 |
| 5 | +--- |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +# What's new in github-code-search v1.9.0 |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +> Full release notes: <https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/releases/tag/v1.9.0> |
| 10 | +
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| 11 | +## Highlights |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +### Windows support — four native architectures |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +`github-code-search` now ships pre-built `.exe` binaries for Windows: |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +| Binary | Target CPU | |
| 18 | +| ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | |
| 19 | +| `github-code-search-windows-x64-modern.exe` | AVX2 / SSE4.2 (most CPUs since ~2013) | |
| 20 | +| `github-code-search-windows-x64-baseline.exe` | Any x86-64 CPU | |
| 21 | +| `github-code-search-windows-x64.exe` | Legacy alias for backward compatibility | |
| 22 | +| `github-code-search-windows-arm64.exe` | ARM64 (Snapdragon X, Surface Pro X …) | |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +The installer picks the best variant for your machine automatically and falls |
| 25 | +back through `x64-modern → x64-baseline → x64` if a variant is missing from |
| 26 | +a given release. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +### One-line PowerShell installer |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Installing from an elevated PowerShell prompt is now a single command: |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +```powershell |
| 33 | +irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | iex |
| 34 | +``` |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +The script detects your architecture, downloads the optimal binary to |
| 37 | +`%LOCALAPPDATA%\github-code-search`, and adds the directory to your user `PATH` |
| 38 | +automatically. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +To install a specific version or architecture: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +```powershell |
| 43 | +irm https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | iex |
| 44 | +# or |
| 45 | +Invoke-RestMethod https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/install.ps1 | Invoke-Expression |
| 46 | +``` |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +### EXE metadata and icon |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +The Windows binaries embed proper file metadata (title, publisher, version, |
| 51 | +description, copyright) so they show correctly in Explorer file properties and |
| 52 | +are not mis-identified as generic `bun` processes. |
| 53 | +A multi-resolution `.ico` icon (16×16 → 256×256) is also baked into the binary, |
| 54 | +making the executable recognisable in taskbar, `Alt+Tab` and file dialogs. |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +--- |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +## Upgrade |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +```sh |
| 61 | +github-code-search upgrade |
| 62 | +``` |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Or download the latest binary from |
| 65 | +[GitHub Releases](https://github.com/fulll/github-code-search/releases/tag/v1.9.0). |
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