Stack Searcher

Search Stack Overflow directly inside Visual Studio Code using the Brave Search API. Stack Searcher makes it easy to search, preview, and explore Stack Overflow posts without ever leaving your editor.

🎥 Demo

Watch Stack Searcher in action:

🚀 Features

• 🔍 Search Stack Overflow from the command palette or sidebar
• ⚡ Results powered by Brave Search API
• 🧵 View full Stack Overflow threads inside VS Code
• ✅ See accepted answers, all answers, and the original question
• 📎 Copy code snippets with one click
• 🌐 Open original Stack Overflow post in your browser
• 🌓 Dark mode support (follows your VS Code theme)

📦 Requirements

To use Stack Searcher, you’ll need an API key from the Brave Search API.

• ✅ Free tier available
• ⚠️ Credit card required to sign up, but you won’t be charged
• 🔑 You’ll receive your API key after subscribing

Once you have your API key, the extension will prompt you to enter and save it securely in your local settings.

⚙️ Usage

1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P)
2. Type: Stack Searcher: Search Stack Overflow
3. Enter your query and press Enter
4. Browse the top 20 results (powered by Brave)
5. Click on any result to view the full post, answers, and copyable code

🖼️ Screenshots

🔍 Launching the Search Command

Run the command from the VS Code Command Palette.

🔑 Entering Your Brave API Key

You'll be prompted to enter your API key on first use.

🧠 Entering a Query

Search Stack Overflow using natural language.

📋 Viewing Search Results

Results from Brave show the top 20 Stack Overflow links in a VS Code tab.

🧵 Viewing a Full Post

Displays the original question, all answers, and highlights the accepted answer.

✅ Accepted Answer

The accepted answer is typically shown first, but may not always appear at the top. Accepted answers are clearly labeled with “(Accepted)”.

📉 API Limits

Brave Search API

• 1 request per second
• 2,000 requests per month on the free tier

Stack Exchange API

• 300 requests per day per IP address

These are enforced by Brave and Stack Exchange and help ensure fair usage across developers.

🧪 Known Issues

• Some posts with many answers may take a few seconds to load
• Tag-based filtering not yet supported

⚠️ Disclaimer

Stack Searcher is an independent project developed by JS Web Solutions and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Brave Software Inc. or Stack Exchange Inc. in any way. This extension simply uses their publicly available APIs to retrieve search results and question data.

See:

• Brave Search API Terms
• Stack Exchange API Terms of Use

📜 License

MIT

🙌 Credits

• Brave Search API
• Stack Exchange API