# Include InteractiveCodeSearch by default

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/include-interactivecodesearch-by-default/104026>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 19, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/include-interactivecodesearch-by-default/104026 "2023-09-19T13:53:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/include-interactivecodesearch-by-default/104026/2 "2023-09-19T17:36:40Z")

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> [@OpinionatedJulia Package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/opinionatedjulia-package/103522):
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> I’ve read a lot of opinions about what should be default for Julia to make it more accessible. Some conflicting but a lot of it is in alignment. Some of it is breaking to be in Base. Some of it is a matter of network/community issues (re: too many Chaining packages). Has anyone attempted to make an OpinionatedJulia.jl that installs things in the global env (Revise, Infiltrator…), adds nice things to startup.jl, has its own version of Pkg.generate()/PkgTemplates for fleshing out how the sensible…

I think this is a better candidate for something like what I pondered here. I think the efforts to trim down the things that come with Julia are important because they are prerequisite to small binaries and other goals. At the very least, it doesn’t make sense to require an interactive code search tool be installed in a server that is just running Julia scripts.

However, I think we should make “distributions” of Julia where we can roll up useful tools for specific workflows. I haven’t had time to start working on this, but I think it would be great if teachers, companies, etc. could say “Here are the sensible defaults for our use case. I’ve done the work to make sure they are get installed in the right way.”

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