GitHub's own "press t to search files" feature is genuinely good and RepoKit isn't trying to replace it — it's a second, complementary way to get around a repo fast, with different information attached to each result.
Press t anywhere on a GitHub repository and a fast, fuzzy file-search box appears — GitHub's own team built this, and it's reliable, fast, and requires no extension at all. For pure "jump to this filename" navigation, it does the job well.
RepoKit's search (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+K) is a separate tool that layers in information GitHub's finder doesn't show: each result includes the file's size, and if a filename is duplicated elsewhere in the repo, that's flagged directly in the results list rather than requiring a second lookup. It's built on the same tree data RepoKit already loads for its size badges, so there's genuinely no extra cost to having both running.
| GitHub's 't' finder | RepoKit | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcut | t | Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+K |
| Requires installing anything | No — built into GitHub | Yes — the RepoKit extension |
| Shows file size in results | No | Yes |
| Flags duplicate filenames in results | No | Yes |
| Works without an extension | Yes | No |
| Search speed | Fast | Fast — same underlying data RepoKit already indexed |
Since the shortcuts are different and neither tool interferes with the other, there's no real reason to pick just one. Reach for t when you just need the filename fast; reach for RepoKit's search when the size or duplicate context is useful too.
RepoKit's search adds detail GitHub's built-in finder doesn't show.
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