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ugrep

ugrep is a user-friendly, faster, and more capable grep replacement with interactive query TUI, Boolean and fuzzy search, supports Unicode, binary files, archives, and compressed files. It is open source under BSD-3-Clause license and developed by Robert A. van Engelen of Genivia Inc.
Latest: 7.8.1
Last checked: Feb 21, 2026 4:49pm
Rank: 1452/15140
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Overview

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License: BSD-3-ClauseInstaller: executable, winget, chocolatey, scoopSilent: YesWinget: Available
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winget install Genivia.ugrep

Version & Lifecycle

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Current: 7.8.1 N-2: 7.6.0 Predicted EOL: 2030-12-31 Avg cadence: Every 15 days

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  2. nico_k
  3. Bob
  4. Vigneshwaran

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Packaging Notes

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Windows binaries include ugrep.exe and ug.exe; ug.exe loads .ugrep config files for interactive use

Notes

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ugrep uses RE/flex regex library and optionally PCRE2 for regex matching. It supports indexing for large file systems and nested archive searching.