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grepWinAstroGrep
Free

Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.

 Free

Freely distributable under the GNU GPL.

Windows Windows
  • Regular expression search and replace across many files
  • Explorer context menu entry for quick searches
  • Searches files with regular expressions
  • Shows context around matches
  • Windows only
  • Requires Windows 10 22H2 or later
  • Windows only
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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