Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 23 Oct 2026, 2 days before this check.
Latest release 15.2.0 on 15 Jul 2026.
Public since March 2016, a little over 10 years.
69,454 stars and 4,758 forks.
18 commits and 20 new issues in the last 90 days.
483 contributors. 14 pull requests merged in 90 days.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool searches inside your files for words or patterns. It runs inside your terminal and goes through folders very quickly. By default, it ignores hidden files and items listed in your gitignore file. It costs nothing and runs locally on your machine. You do not need an internet connection to use it.
What it is
ripgrep is a line-oriented search utility written in the Rust programming language. It scans directories recursively for regular expressions while automatically skipping binary files and version control ignores.
What it is good for
Developers and writers who need to find specific text across large codebases or document collections without waiting for slow search tools.
- Extremely fast search speeds that outperform standard grep.
- Automatically skips hidden files and gitignore patterns by default.
- Supports full Unicode and searching inside compressed files.
- Requires comfort with the command line terminal.
- Does not conform to POSIX standards like traditional grep.
- Advanced features like PCRE2 regex need extra build steps.
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apt-get install ripgrep