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BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

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  • ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
  • ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • ✓Last commit 6w ago
  • ✓31+ active contributors
  • ✓Unlicense licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

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Repository brief

Repo brief: BurntSushi/ripgrep

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-16 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-16T01:48:19.370Z · commit 3fce3b5bb023

Verdict

Healthy — Healthy across all four use cases

  • Last commit 6w ago
  • 31+ active contributors
  • Unlicense licensed
  • CI configured
  • 1 more receipt on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

ripgrep (rg) is a command-line search tool written in Rust that recursively searches directories for regex patterns while respecting .gitignore rules and automatically filtering hidden files and binary content. It prioritizes performance through multi-threaded searching and DFA-based regex compilation, significantly outpacing tools like grep, ag (The Silver Searcher), and git grep on large codebases like the Linux kernel. See architecture tab.

Start here

Read these in order:

  • crates/cli/src/decompress.rs — Foundation: doesn't import anything internally and is imported by 1 other file. Read first to learn the vocabulary.
  • crates/cli/src/escape.rs — Foundation: imported by 1, no internal dependencies of its own.
  • crates/core/flags/mod.rs — Built on the foundation; imported by 1 downstream file.
  • crates/searcher/src/searcher/mod.rs — Built on the foundation; imported by 1 downstream file.
  • crates/printer/src/lib.rs — Layer 2 — application-level code that wires the lower layers together.

Get running

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Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep.git && cd ripgrep. Install Rust (1.96+). Build with cargo build --release (Cargo.toml and Cargo.lock present). The binary will be at target/relea…

Daily commands:

After building: ./target/release/rg <pattern> [path] (e.g., rg 'fn main' .). For development iteration: cargo run -- <pattern> to rebuild and run in one step. Run full integration suite: cargo test. The repo exp…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 56% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • MSRV constraint: Workspace enforces Rust 1.96 (rust-version in workspace.package); upgrading MSRV may break downstream users on older toolchains. Optional PCRE2: pcre2 feature pulls crates/pcre2 which wraps a C…
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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