ESesafak·Jan 7, 2026
I'm guessing this is the ranker: https://github.com/marcoaapfortes/Mantic.sh/blob/main/src/br...
You should benchmark this against other rankers.
In Show HN: Mantic.sh – A structural code search engine for AI agentsmarcoaapfortes
Mantic.sh
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marcoaapfortes / Mantic.sh
Mantic.sh
A structural code search engine for Al agents.
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What it is
A structural code search engine for Al agents.
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| Jan 6, 13:00 | 2026-01-06 13:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 14:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 14:00 | 2026-01-06 14:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 15:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 15:00 | 2026-01-06 15:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 16:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 16:00 | 2026-01-06 16:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 17:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 17:00 | 2026-01-06 17:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 18:00 | 2026-01-06 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 19:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 19:00 | 2026-01-06 19:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 20:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 20:00 | 2026-01-06 20:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 21:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 21:00 | 2026-01-06 21:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 22:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 22:00 | 2026-01-06 22:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-06 23:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 6, 23:00 | 2026-01-06 23:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 7, 00:00 | 2026-01-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-07 01:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesShow HN: Mantic.sh – A structural code search engine for AI agents
Author here! Some context: I published this 48 hours ago and it was auto-listed on MCPMarket (the MCP tools directory). Got 700+ organic downloads with zero marketing—developers were actively searching for exactly this solution.
The "Git Accelerator" optimization story:
Initially used a file walker that took 6.6s on Chromium. Profiling showed 90% was filesystem I/O. The fix: git ls-files returns 480k paths in ~200ms. Added smart heuristics for untracked files (only scan dirs <50k files), bringing total to 0.46s.
Why this matters: Agents can't wait 10 seconds for search. Sub-500ms makes it feel instant, changing how they explore codebases.
Installation:
Cursor: npx mantic.sh@latest
VS Code: npx mantic.sh@latest
CLI: npm i -g mantic.sh
Limitations: Mantic is optimized for precise queries ("find stripe webhook") where structure matter
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s. For fuzzy exploratory search, traditional embeddings may still be better. Curious if HN has ideas for hybrid approaches.
Happy to answer questions!