Top 8 Open-Source Alternatives to grep

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to grep are grepWin, dnGREP, and ripgrep. 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.

grepWin Landing Page
1

grepWin

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
dnGREP Landing Page
2

dnGREP

dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager 9 social mentions
ripgrep Landing Page
3

ripgrep

ripgrep combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager
fzf Landing Page
4

fzf

A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 215 social mentions
ack Landing Page
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
fd Landing Page
6

fd

A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 118 social mentions
fzy Landing Page
7

fzy

A better fuzzy finder
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 4 social mentions
Video Hub App Landing Page
8

Video Hub App

The fastest way to browse, search, and manage videos on your computer. Like YouTube for videos on your computer!
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $5.0 / One-off
#Video #File Manager #Video & Movies 21 social mentions