ag

Website: https://geoff.greer.fm/ag/↗
Project: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher↗
Author: Geoff Greer
Alternative to: grep
License: Apache-2.0
Language: C
Page updated: 2026-03-15

A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.

ag is a tool for searching code. It started off as a clone of ack, but their feature sets have since diverged slightly. In typical usage, ag is 5-10x faster than ack.

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