Comparison

ugrep vs Zoekt

No leader: the top candidate Zoekt has only 0.14 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
ugrep47
Zoekt59
Score
Vioscale score
ugrep47 / 100low · 20%updating
Zoekt59 / 100low · 14%updating
Pricing
Free tier
ugrep
Zoekt
Model
Price level
ugrepfree
Zoektfree
Adoption
Dependent repos
ugrep0
Zoekt50
Github stars
ugrep3,258
Zoekt1,844
Activity
Commits last 30d
ugrep17
Zoekt37
Release
Cadence days
ugrep14
Zoekt
History
Zoekt
License
Language
Primary
ugrepC++
ZoektGo
Market
Availability
ugrep

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for code search. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Search scope
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Index architecture
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Code intelligence
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Semantic AI search
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Self hostable
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Cloud saas
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Editor ide integration
ugrep-
Zoekt-
CLI tool
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Monorepo scale proven
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Public code index
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Open source
ugrep-
Zoekt-
Pricing model
ugrep-
Zoekt-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ugrep

A command-line file search tool that extends grep with support for interactive searching, archives, binary files, documents, multiple output formats, and advanced pattern matching capabilities.

Independently observed

Zoekt

An open-source full-text search tool designed for source code, supporting fast substring and regular expression matching with boolean operators, code-aware ranking, and the ability to search across individual repositories or large codebases.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ugrep

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Zoekt

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
ugrep
Zoekt
Android
ugrep
Zoekt
macOS
ugrep
Zoekt
Windows
ugrep
Zoekt
Linux
ugrep
Zoekt
CLI
ugrep
Zoekt
Deployment
Self-hosted
ugrep
Zoekt

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.