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ripgrep-all vs ugrep: catalog facts
ripgrep-all	ugrep
Free Free and open source under the AGPL.	Free Free and open source.
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	Compatible with grep options Interactive text interface for building queries
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	Large option set takes time to learn Interactive interface is terminal-only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
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 23, 2026

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