# phiresky/ripgrep-all

rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc.

Repository: https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ripgrep-all
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-25T15:21:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 32, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2647, "days_push": 161, "days_rel": 297, "gap_med": 91.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9825, forks 217 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:37.392256+00:00)

## What it is
rga (ripgrep-all) is a command-line search tool that wraps ripgrep to search regex patterns inside PDFs, e-books, Office documents, SQLite databases, subtitles, and nested archives like zip and tar.gz. It recursively extracts and matches text across a wide range of file types.

## Use cases
- search text inside pdfs from the command line
- grep inside zip and tar.gz archives recursively
- find a regex in docx and odt office documents
- search epub e-books for a phrase
- grep sqlite databases and movie subtitles
- full-text search across a directory of mixed file types

## When to choose
- you want ripgrep-like speed but need to search binary and document formats
- you need to recursively search inside compressed archives
- you want a single CLI tool for searching pdfs, office docs, and e-books

## When to avoid
- you only need to search plain text or source code - plain ripgrep is simpler
- you need a GUI-based document search tool
- you cannot install external dependencies like poppler or pandoc

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, parser, pdf, cli
- domain: files, pdf, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, rust
- tags: ripgrep, full-text-search, archives, file-search, regex, command-line, search, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- phiresky/ripgrep-all (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.392256+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:20:56.483884+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:37.392256+00:00, sha b375a96a3615)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ripgrep-all (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:24.357979+00:00, sha 87b0371e0d3a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.