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tgrepGNU Grep
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

 Free

Free software from the GNU Project with no paid tier.

Windows, Command line Linux, Command line
  • Index makes repeated searches over large codebases fast
  • Regular expression search
  • Installed by default on most Linux systems
  • Thorough documentation via man, info and online manual
  • Needs a background server and index, unlike plain grep or ripgrep
  • Benefit is mainly on very large codebases
  • Slower on large codebases than tools like ripgrep or ugrep
  • Does not skip ignored files or directories by default
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

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