ripgrep
Fast recursive search that respects .gitignore by default.
Why it is included
Excellent engineering and daily-driver ergonomics vs classic grep for repos.
Best for
Searching large codebases during development.
If you use Windows, Mac, or paid tools
Search alternative to Windows findstr, classic grep, and slow IDE-wide search on huge trees.
Strengths
- Speed
- Unicode
- Sensible defaults
Limitations
- Not a full find replacement
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