ucg ☆

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Description:
Tool for searching large bodies of source code (like grep)

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: search grep code-analysis developer-tools regex

Install: brew install ucg

About:
Ucg is a fast, regex-based source code search tool designed as a modern alternative to grep. It excels at searching large codebases by leveraging parallel processing for significant speed improvements. The tool supports multiple programming languages and provides intuitive output formatting for easier result analysis.

Key Features:

Parallel processing for high-speed searching
Supports multiple programming languages
Regex pattern matching
Intuitive output formatting
Respects .gitignore and .ignore files

Use Cases:

Searching for function calls or variable usage across large projects
Refactoring code by finding all instances of a pattern
Analyzing codebases to understand structure and dependencies

Alternatives:

grep – Standard Unix tool; Ucg is generally faster on large codebases and has better project-aware defaults
ripgrep (rg) – Also a modern grep alternative; Ucg focuses specifically on source code search with language-aware features

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