# @xterm/addon-search

> An addon for [xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js) that enables searching the buffer. This addon requires xterm.js v4+.

Latest version **0.16.0** (published 2025-12-22) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @xterm/addon-search
pnpm add @xterm/addon-search
yarn add @xterm/addon-search
bun add @xterm/addon-search
```

## Health

**Score 65/100 (B)** — status: stable.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score; popular repo.

Warnings: low downloads; pre 1.0.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.16.0 |
| Published | 2025-12-22 |
| First published | 2023-11-01 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 819 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 21205 |
| Author | The xterm.js authors |
| Maintainers | tyriar |
| Keywords | terminal, xterm, xterm.js |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@xterm/addon-search
- Repository: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js.git#master
- Homepage: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/tree/master#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@xterm/addon-search

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## Recent versions

- 0.16.0 (latest) — 2025-12-22
- 0.17.0-beta.301 (beta) — 2026-08-30
- 0.17.0-beta.300 — 2026-08-24
- 0.17.0-beta.299 — 2026-08-10
- 0.17.0-beta.298 — 2026-08-09
- 0.17.0-beta.297 — 2026-08-09
- 0.17.0-beta.296 — 2026-08-09
- 0.17.0-beta.295 — 2026-08-09
- 0.17.0-beta.294 — 2026-08-09
- 0.17.0-beta.293 — 2026-08-09
- 0.17.0-beta.292 — 2026-07-27
- 0.17.0-beta.291 — 2026-07-19
- 0.17.0-beta.290 — 2026-07-15
- 0.17.0-beta.289 — 2026-07-13
- 0.17.0-beta.288 — 2026-06-28
- … 478 more at https://npm.io/package/@xterm/addon-search/versions

## README

## @xterm/addon-search

An addon for [xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js) that enables searching the buffer. This addon requires xterm.js v4+.

### Install

```bash
npm install --save @xterm/addon-search
```

### Usage

```ts
import { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm';
import { SearchAddon } from '@xterm/addon-search';

const terminal = new Terminal();
const searchAddon = new SearchAddon();
terminal.loadAddon(searchAddon);
searchAddon.findNext('foo');
```

See the full [API](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/blob/master/addons/addon-search/typings/addon-search.d.ts) for more advanced usage.

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