merl

Keyboard-only code navigator for the terminal, with VS Code-shaped keys

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merl is a keyboard-only code navigator for the terminal — fuzzy file open, project search, and go-to-definition — using VS Code-shaped keys, with no mouse and no LSP required, and it works over SSH. It's for developers who want a quick way to browse code an agent just wrote without switching to a full IDE.

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