ripgrep ☆
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Description:
Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 15.1.0@0  |  Tracked Since: Oct 22, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: search grep regex rust cli
Install: brew install ripgrep
About:
ripgrep is a command-line search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. It is built on top of Rust's regex engine and leverages SIMD optimizations to achieve significantly faster performance than traditional grep. The tool respects .gitignore files by default and skips hidden files and binary files.
Key Features:
  • Ultra-fast search speed using SIMD and parallelism
  • Respects .gitignore and ignores hidden/binary files by default
  • Full Unicode support with compatible regex syntax
Use Cases:
  • Searching large codebases for specific function calls or variables
  • Quickly finding text within project documentation or configuration files
  • Piping data streams for high-performance text filtering
Alternatives:
  • grep – Standard Unix tool; slower on large directories and lacks .gitignore awareness
  • ag (The Silver Searcher) – Similar speed focus, but ripgrep is generally faster and written in Rust
Version History
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Oct 22, 2025 9:07pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 09457ffd
Sep 12, 2025 9:40am 0 VERSION_BUMP 24610017
Dec 27, 2024 9:43am 0 VERSION_BUMP 70d33027
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