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tgrep vs hgrep: catalog facts
tgrep	hgrep
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub.
Windows, Command line	Command line
Index makes repeated searches over large codebases fast Regular expression search	Shows surrounding code for each match Syntax highlighting in search results
Needs a background server and index, unlike plain grep or ripgrep Benefit is mainly on very large codebases	Output is longer than plain grep, less suited to piping Command line only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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