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ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

Recursive search that respects .gitignore, much faster than ack.

Language

Rust

Licence

Unlicense

Stars

69k

Latest

15.2.0

Last push

2026-08-04

🔍 ugrep 7.8 file pattern searcher -- a user-friendly, faster, more capable grep replacement. Includes a TUI, Google-like Boolean search with AND/OR/NOT, fuzzy search, hexdumps, searches (nested) archives (zip, 7z, tar, pax, cpio), compressed files (gz, Z, bz2, lzma, xz, lz4, zstd, brotli), pdfs, docs, and more

Recursive search with grep-compatible options, plus a text UI and fuzzy matching.

Language

C++

Licence

BSD-3-Clause

Stars

3.3k

Latest

v7.8.5

Last push

2026-09-28