livegrep/livegrep
Interactively grep source code. Source for http://livegrep.com/ observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
62/100
- Activity 66
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4953
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 204
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2231 stars · 202 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Livegrep is a tool for interactive regex search over gigabyte-scale source code repositories, inspired by Google Code Search. It consists of a codesearch backend that indexes and searches code over gRPC, and a stateless web frontend.
Use cases
- search regex across large monorepos interactively
- self-host a code search server for my organization's repositories
- index gigabyte-scale source code for fast lookup
- grep source code from a web browser
- build a reusable code index file for offline searching
When to choose
- you need fast interactive regex search over very large codebases
- you want a self-hosted code search service with a web UI
- you need index files that can be reused without access to the original repos
When to avoid
- you only need simple grep on a small codebase
- you want semantic or symbol-aware code navigation rather than regex search
- you cannot build C++ projects with bazel
Facets
application · maturity active
search-engine developer-tools cli http-server developer-tools version-control cli code-search regex-search google-code-search source-indexing grpc search linux macos web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/livegrep/livegrep · fetched 2026-08-28 · 63e4586eda80
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| livegrep/livegrep | main | 62 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="livegrep/livegrep")
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