# BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

Repository: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ripgrep
Language: Rust
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: ripgrep, recursively-search, search, regex, gitignore, grep, command-line-tool, command-line, cli, rust
Last push: 2026-08-04T13:59:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 61, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3828, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 49, "gap_med": 266, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 67619, forks 2743 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:20.840569+00:00)

## What it is
ripgrep is a fast, line-oriented command-line search tool that recursively searches directories for regex patterns. It respects gitignore rules by default and automatically skips hidden and binary files.

## Use cases
- search for a regex pattern across a codebase
- find text in files while respecting gitignore rules
- grep replacement that skips binary and hidden files
- quickly locate function definitions in a large repository
- search the linux kernel source tree for a pattern
- filter log files for matching lines from the terminal

## When to choose
- you need a fast grep alternative for searching code repositories
- you want automatic gitignore and hidden-file filtering
- you need first-class cross-platform support including Windows
- you search very large codebases and care about speed

## When to avoid
- you need to search inside binary file formats like pdf or docx
- you require a GUI-based search interface
- you need semantic or fuzzy code search rather than regex matching

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: search-engine, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, cli, rust, cross-platform
- tags: grep, regex, gitignore, text-search, code-search, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- BurntSushi/ripgrep (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:20.840569+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 2026-08-29T16:16:24.338987+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:20.840569+00:00, sha 8ccc136235b8)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ripgrep/json (fetched 2026-08-28T17:52:23.366489+00:00, sha ae2d1f071958)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ripgrep (fetched 2026-08-28T17:52:23.374948+00:00, sha e852a8331f2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.