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ripgrep-all vs ripgrep: catalog facts
ripgrep-all	ripgrep
Free Free and open source under the AGPL.	Free Free and open source, dual licensed under the Unlicense or the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Searches PDFs, Office documents, EPUBs, SQLite databases and subtitles, not just text Descends recursively into archives and matches inside them	Several times faster than grep and git grep on a large tree Respects gitignore, so results are relevant by default
Depends on external tools such as pandoc, poppler-utils and ffmpeg for the adapters First run over a large collection is slow until the cache is built	Command line only The gitignore defaults surprise people until they learn the -u flags
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Unlicense OR MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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