# Search Syntax Improvements

DevFeed: [Search Syntax Improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/search-syntax-improvements-70318.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/search-syntax-improvements/>)

Author: Tim Pease

Published: 2012-11-27T02:46:32Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [search-engines](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/search-engines.md>)

Tags: [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>), [syntax](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/syntax.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub announces simpler comparison and range syntax for searches, replacing Solr-style expressions with shorter forms such as `stars:>10`. The updates also support compact range criteria for repository searches.

## Source excerpt

Today we are announcing simplified syntax for adding comparison and range criteria to searches. Previously we relied on Solr-style syntax, so searching for items with more than 10 stars would...