Germinal 28 released
by Marc-Antoine Perennou on May 22, 2026
How do I get it?
Germinal is available on github
Version 28 release tarball is available here, get it while it’s hot!
What’s new in this release?
The headline addition is in-buffer text search. Press Ctrl+F to open the search bar, type your pattern, and use Ctrl+G or Enter to jump to the next match, Ctrl+Shift+G for the previous one. Escape closes the bar and returns focus to the terminal. Search is case-insensitive and wraps around automatically.
This release also adds trackpad zoom: hold Ctrl and scroll to zoom in or out, the same as with a mouse wheel. A fix to keyboard shortcut controller precedence rounds things out.
Full keybindings are documented here.
I hope you’ll enjoy it. Feel free to propose new features and/or to contribute!