Download ripgrep – Blazing Fast Command-Line Text Search Tool

ripgrep (rg) is an extremely fast command-line search tool that recursively searches directories for a regular expression pattern. Written in Rust by Andrew Gallant, it consistently outperforms other search tools like grep, ag (the silver searcher), and ack in real-world benchmarks — often by a significant margin.

ripgrep respects your .gitignore files by default, automatically skipping binary files and hidden directories to keep results clean and relevant. It supports Unicode out of the box, handles large codebases with ease, and produces color-highlighted, line-numbered output that is easy to read in any terminal.

Whether you are searching through millions of lines of source code, log files, or documentation, ripgrep is the go-to tool for developers who value speed and precision in their workflow.

Key Features

• Extremely fast recursive search using SIMD and literal optimizations from the Rust regex engine
• Automatically respects .gitignore, .ignore, and .rgignore rules to skip irrelevant files
• Supports Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE2) for advanced pattern matching
• Unicode-aware search with proper handling of multi-byte character sets
• Color-highlighted output with file names, line numbers, and match context
• Search compressed files (gzip, bzip2, xz) without manual extraction
• Cross-platform — available for Windows, Linux, and macOS

How to Install

1. Click the download button below to get the ripgrep binary for your operating system.
2. On Windows, extract the ZIP and add the folder to your PATH environment variable.
3. On macOS, install via Homebrew: brew install ripgrep
4. On Linux, use your package manager: sudo apt install ripgrep or download the binary directly.
5. Run rg --version in your terminal to confirm installation, then search with rg "pattern" /path.