ripgrep Alternatives

Apps similar to ripgrep include Agent Ransack, which has a free version. Other options are grep, dnGREP, ugrep and WSearch. You can choose from more than 10 File Search Utilities like ripgrep for Windows, Linux, Mac and self-hosting.

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    Mawk

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    mawk is an interpreter for the AWK Programming Language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    spot

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    Tiny ack-style file search utility. All arguments constitute the search text. No need to wrap most searches in double quotes. Short & written in Bash - just find & grep: you can edit it easily to suit your liking.

    6 spot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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    JREPL.BAT

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    Performs a global regular expression search and replace operation on each line of ASCII input from stdin and prints the result to stdout. Serves.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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    UniversalCodeGrep

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    UniversalCodeGrep (ucg) is an extremely fast grep-like tool specialized for searching large bodies of source code. It is intended to be largely command-line compatible with Ack, to some extent with ag, and where appropriate with grep.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Zoekt

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    Zoekt is a text search engine intended for use with source code. (Pronunciation: roughly as you would pronounce "zooked" in English).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
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    rare

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    Fast, realtime regex-extraction, and aggregation into common formats such as histograms, numerical summaries, tables, and more!.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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