Something I find really interesting about this is the way the tool is packaged.

You can install the CLI utility in four different ways: https://ast-grep.github.io/guide/quick-start.html#installati...

    # via Homebrew
    brew install ast-grep
    # via Cargo
    cargo install ast-grep
    # via npm
    npm i @ast-grep/cli -g
    # via pip
    pip install ast-grep-cli
    # I tested and pipx works too:
    pipx install ast-grep-cli

I really like this - it means the tool is available to people with familiarity of any of those four distribution mechanisms.

You can also download pre-built binaries from their releases page: https://github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep/releases/tag/0.14.2

On top of that, they offer API bindings for it in three different languages:

- Rust (not yet stable): https://docs.rs/ast-grep-core/latest/ast_grep_core/

- JavaScript/TypeScript: https://ast-grep.github.io/guide/api-usage/js-api.html

- Python: https://ast-grep.github.io/guide/api-usage/py-api.html

It's rare to see a tool/library offer this depth of language support out of the box.