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ripgrep (rg)

Open SourceShow HN 2016

Fastest recursive regex search tool for the terminal

Written in Rust by Andrew Gallant (BurntSushi), ripgrep is considered by Hacker News as a masterpiece of systems programming and CLI design.

Official WebsiteGitHub RepositoryShow HN Launch Post ↗Latest HN discussion: 2021-10-27
99.8Score
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4,890
Discussers
3,200
positive
99%

Hacker News Consensus & Insights

Synthesized from developer and community discussions across multiple years.

Why Hackers Love It

  • Unmatched raw search speed on large codebases
  • Respects .gitignore rules by default without configuration
  • Exceptional documentation, error messages, and unicode support

Common Concerns & Tradeoffs

  • Single-file regex only (multiline requires flag and slows search)
Ideal for: Every engineer working with codebases from the command line.

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2 comments
@simonw•10/27/2021
Original post ↗
Thread: Ask HN: What CLI tools have changed how you write code?
“ripgrep is in the top 3 developer tools ever created. It changed my day-to-day work more than any IDE.”
@BurntSushi•9/23/2016
Original post ↗
Thread: Show HN: ripgrep – A faster grep with gitignore support
“ripgrep was designed from day one to search code as fast as physically possible while respecting your gitignore.”