Just like in emacs and vim there are plugins that let you use ack and grep: https://atom.io/packages/atom-fuzzy-grep https://atom.io/packages/atom-fuzzy-grep

Just like in emacs and vim there are plugins that let you use ack and grep: https://atom.io/packages/atom-fuzzy-grep https://atom.io/packages/atom-fuzzy-grep The built in search is slow (for now), but they have been steadily making gains and use performance testing to measure progress.