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    BurntSushi/ripgrep

    ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

    cli
    command-line
    command-line-tool
    gitignore
    grep
    recursively-search
    Rust
    Unlicense
    69.9K stars
    4.2K forks
    328 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 115 days ago, with 436 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #12 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 9, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Recursively searches directories for regex patterns while respecting .gitignore and other ignore files.
    • Offers fast, Unicode-aware search with automatic filtering of hidden, binary, and ignored files by default.
    • Use for quickly searching source code repositories while excluding irrelevant files via .gitignore rules.
    • Use for searching large text files or logs with high performance and optional PCRE2 regex support.
    • Use for integrating fast, recursive search capabilities into cross-platform command-line workflows.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    The Unlicense

    Public-domain style: no conditions on use.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules and automatically skip hidden files/directories and binary files. (To disable all automatic filtering by default, use rg -uuu.) ripgrep has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux, with binary downloads available for every release. ripgrep is similar to other popular search tools like The Silver Searcher, ack and grep.

    Dual-licensed under MIT or the UNLICENSE.

    Excerpt from the BurntSushi/ripgrep README on GitHub (Unlicense license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Aug 14: +15Sep 18: +8Sep 19: +32Sep 20: +27Sep 21: +12Sep 27: +23

    +2,583 stars over 87 days across 15 snapshot days; best day +32 on Sep 19.

    Forks

    4.2K+1.5K

    Open issues

    225+50

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