runefinder

A tool for finding Unicode characters by name. Command-line and Web interfaces.

Building

To compile the runes command, in the cmd/runes directory:

$ cd cmd/runes/
$ go build
$ ls -lh runes
-rwxrwxr-x 1 luciano luciano 2,6M Mar  7 00:11 runes

To use runes, provide one or more words to search:

$ ./runes party
U+1F389	🎉	PARTY POPPER
1 character found

$ ./runes cat eyes
U+1F638	😸	GRINNING CAT FACE WITH SMILING EYES
U+1F63B	😻	SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES
U+1F63D	😽	KISSING CAT FACE WITH CLOSED EYES
3 characters found

Optional Web interface

The runeweb command starts a local HTTP server on port 8000 offering a simple Web interface for searching. This is the best way to use runefinder on Windows until Microsoft improves the Unicode coverage of the fonts used in in cmd.exe or PowerShell.

Run the server:

$ cd cmd/runeweb/
$ go run runeweb.go
Serving on: localhost:8000

Open http://localhost:8000 on your browser and search:

Web interface on Google App Engine

The appengine/ directory has the main.go and configuration files for running Runefinder on the Google App Engine platform.

Link to running app: runefinder2018.appspot.com