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Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to vimgrep

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ripgrep fzf fzy grepWin ack dnGREP fd Sublime Text GNU Emacs Visual Studio Code

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to vimgrep are ripgrep, fzf, and fzy. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. ripgrep combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager

  2. 2

    fzf

    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 215 social mentions

  3. 3

    fzy

    A better fuzzy finder
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 4 social mentions

  4. grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager

  5. 5

    ack

    Ack is designed as a standalone (one perl file) replacement for 99% of the uses of grep.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager

  6. 6
    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager 9 social mentions

  7. 7

    fd

    A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 118 social mentions

  8. Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 3 social mentions

  9. GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor—and more.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 6 social mentions

  10. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1030 social mentions

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