ripgrep

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  "aliases": [
    "rg"
  ],
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    "grep",
    "The Silver Searcher",
    "ack",
    "GNU grep"
  ],
  "build_dependencies": [
    "asciidoctor",
    "pkgconf",
    "rust"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "search",
    "text-processor"
  ],
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  "dependencies": [
    "pcre2"
  ],
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  "desc": "Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher",
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  "enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T23:40:38+00:00",
  "first_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "full_name": "ripgrep",
  "github_default_branch": "master",
  "github_last_commit_at": "2026-06-05T11:03:14Z",
  "github_readme_excerpt": "ripgrep (rg)\n------------\nripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current\ndirectory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules\nand automatically skip hidden files/directories and binary files. (To disable\nall automatic filtering by default, use `rg -uuu`.) ripgrep has first class\nsupport on Windows, macOS and Linux, with binary downloads available for [every\nrelease](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases). ripgrep is similar to\nother popular search tools like The Silver Searcher, ack and grep.\n\n[![Build status](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/workflows/ci/badge.svg)](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/actions)\n[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/ripgrep.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/ripgrep)\n[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/ripgrep.svg)](https://repology.org/project/ripgrep/badges)\n\nDual-licensed under MIT or the [UNLICENSE](https://unlicense.org).\n\n\n### CHANGELOG\n\nPlease see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for a release history.\n\n### Documentation quick links\n\n* [Installation](#installation)\n* [User Guide](GUIDE.md)\n* [Frequently Asked Questions](FAQ.md)\n* [Regex syntax](https://docs.rs/regex/1/regex/#syntax)\n* [Configuration files](GUIDE.md#configuration-file)\n* [Shell completions](FAQ.md#complete)\n* [Building](#building)\n* [Translations](#translations)\n\n\n### Screenshot of search results\n\n[![A screenshot of a sample search with ripgrep](https://burntsushi.net/stuff/ripgrep1.png)](https://burntsushi.net/stuff/ripgrep1.png)\n\n\n### Quick examples comparing tools\n\nThis example searches the entire\n[Linux kernel source tree](https://github.com/BurntSushi/linux)\n(after running `make defconfig \u0026\u0026 make -j8`) for `[A-Z]+_SUSPEND`, where\nall matches must be words. Timings were collected on a system with an Intel\ni9-12900K 5.2 GHz.\n\nPlease remember that a single benchmark is never enough! See my\n[blog post on ripgrep](https://blog.burntsushi.net/ripgrep/)\nfor a very det",
  "github_repo": "BurntSushi/ripgrep",
  "github_stars": 65274,
  "github_topics": [
    "cli",
    "command-line",
    "command-line-tool",
    "gitignore",
    "grep",
    "recursively-search",
    "regex",
    "ripgrep",
    "rust",
    "search"
  ],
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  "last_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "license": "Unlicense",
  "llm_generated_at": "2026-06-20T23:42:36+00:00",
  "llm_model": "claude-haiku-4-5",
  "name": "ripgrep",
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  "one_liner": "Fast recursive regex search tool written in Rust, respects .gitignore by default and skips binaries.",
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  "rank_30d": 85,
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  "revision": 0,
  "ruby_source_path": "Formula/r/ripgrep.rb",
  "tap": "homebrew/core",
  "test_dependencies": [],
  "uses_from_macos": [],
  "version_head": "HEAD",
  "version_stable": "15.1.0",
  "versioned_formulae": [],
  "why_use_this": "ripgrep is dramatically faster than grep or The Silver Searcher on large codebases, handles gitignore rules automatically, and works identically across Windows/macOS/Linux. It\u0027s a popular drop-in replacement for grep in modern dev workflows, with excellent regex support and sensible defaults that skip noise."
}