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tgrep vs Hound: catalog facts
tgrep	Hound
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Index makes repeated searches over large codebases fast Regular expression search	Regular expression search across many repositories Indexes are kept up to date automatically
Needs a background server and index, unlike plain grep or ripgrep Benefit is mainly on very large codebases	Must be built or deployed yourself Search only, no code navigation or cross-references
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
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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