[email protected]:~$ ls alternatives/grep

Modern alternatives to grep

Faster, friendlier ways to search text and code: recursive by default, .gitignore-aware, and some interactive.

# 4 tools, most-starred first

ripgrep
Rust
ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
★ 69.3KData Processing10 years old
- cli
- command-line
- command-line-tool
- gitignore
- grep
- recursively-search
- +3
ugrep
C++
🔍 ugrep 7.8 file pattern searcher -- a user-friendly, faster, more capable grep replacement.
★ 3.3KData Processing7 years old
- code-search
- file-indexing
- file-search
- fuzzy-search
- grep
- hexdump
- +10
igrep
Rust
Interactive Grep
★ 845Data Processing6 years old
- grep
ygrep
Rust
A fast, local, indexed code search tool optimized for AI coding assistants.
★ 61Data Processing10 months old
- ai-agents
- code-search
- developer-tools
- full-text-search
- grep
- ratatui
- +4

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