ripgrep
brew install ripgrepAlso known as: rg
Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
License: Unlicense
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/ripgrep.json
Formula code: ripgrep.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
sonoma | ✅ |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 15.2.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| pcre2 | 10.49 | Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API |
Depends on when building from source:
| asciidoctor | 2.0.26 | Text processor and publishing toolchain for AsciiDoc |
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
| rust | 1.100.0 | Safe, concurrent, practical language |
Binaries:
rg
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 589,789 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 8,582,974 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 45,452 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 13.0× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:20:40Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 45,415 | 135,205 | 703,014 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 37 | 137 | 771 |
| Installs on Request | 34,991 | 103,297 | 504,399 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 37 | 137 | 771 |
| Build Errors | 7 |