Alternatives to ripgrep
Searches a whole directory tree for a pattern in a fraction of the time grep takes, and skips what gitignore says to skip. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
ripgrep
Searches a whole directory tree for a pattern in a fraction of the time grep takes, and skips what gitignore says to skip.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as ripgrep.
ripgrep-all
ripgrep that can also search inside PDFs, Office documents, ebooks, zip files, databases and subtitles.
ripgrep-all keeps ripgrep's speed and regex syntax while also searching PDFs, Office documents, ebooks and archives, but depends on external converters and uses AGPL-3.0.
ugrep
A grep-compatible file searcher with a text interface, Boolean queries, fuzzy matching and archive search.
ugrep keeps grep-compatible options and adds an interactive text interface, Boolean and fuzzy queries, and search inside nested archives, under the BSD-3-Clause license.
ack
A grep-like source code search tool built for programmers working in large code trees.
ack is a Perl-based source code searcher with full Perl regular expressions and Boolean options, but it needs a Perl interpreter and is typically slower on very large trees.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
fd
Finds files by name without the argument soup that find requires, and it is much faster.
fzf
A fuzzy filter for any list: files, command history, processes, branches, anything you can pipe into it.
bat
Like cat, but with syntax highlighting, line numbers, Git markers and a pager when the file is long.
Everything
A free Windows search tool from voidtools that finds files and folders by name instantly.
sd
Replace text with a focused command-line tool.
Television
Search files and other data through a terminal fuzzy finder.
