ripgrep vs Other Search Tools
How does ripgrep stack up against the alternatives? Honest feature comparisons, benchmark data, and command equivalents.
The classic POSIX tool
rg vs grep
GNU grep is ubiquitous and POSIX-compliant, but lacks smart filtering and is significantly slower on large codebases.
ripgrep is 5–40× faster →
The Silver Searcher
rg vs ag
ag was the first popular grep replacement with .gitignore support. ripgrep builds on ag's ideas with better performance and Unicode support.
ripgrep is 2–5× faster →
The Perl-based searcher
rg vs ack
ack pioneered developer-friendly search with file-type filtering. ripgrep offers the same experience at dramatically higher speeds.
ripgrep is 10–40× faster →
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