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ack vs ripgrep
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | ack | ripgrep |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Perl | Rust |
| Licence | Other | Unlicense |
| Stars | 830 | 69k |
| Latest | v3.10.0 | 15.2.0 |
| Last push | 2026-09-06 | 2026-08-04 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 256 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days | 21 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
ripgrep replaces ack. Alternatives to ack →
Full replacementRecursive search that respects .gitignore, much faster than ack.
Published benchmarks, each linked to its source. The numbers depend on the hardware and the workload they were measured on.
Word regex search over the Linux kernel source tree
rg -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND': ripgrep 0.082s, ack 2.935s (35.94x) on a built Linux tree, Intel i9-12900K.
ack
unsigned The latest release, v3.10.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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ripgrep
✓ signed The latest release, 15.2.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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