# Hound vs ripgrep

| Attribute | Hound | ripgrep |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 36.6 (32% (low)) | 56.8 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 16 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 8,861 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,874 | 67,616 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | An open-source code search engine that rapidly indexes and searches across multiple Git repositories using an efficient trigram-based algorithm, with a React frontend and Go backend. | A recursive text search tool that automatically respects version control ignore files and excludes hidden files and binaries. Available as binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Comparable to similar tools like grep, ack, and The Silver Searcher. |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` | - |
| language.primary | JavaScript | Rust |
| license.spdx | MIT | Unlicense |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:49:53.507Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:50:50.111Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 154 | 40 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.7.1","date":"2023-05-03T19:10:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.7.0","date":"2023-04-25T18:03:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.6.0","date":"2022-09-14T17:43:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.5.1","date":"2022-06-22T13:02:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.5.0","date":"2022-06-10T16:30:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.4.0","date":"2021-02-25T22:54:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.3.0","date":"2020-06-28T19:25:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/v0.2.0","date":"2015-02-02T17:52:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/hound-search/hound/releases/tag/0.1","date":"2015-01-28T15:07:38Z","type":"stable","version":"0.1"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/15.2.0","date":"2026-07-15T16:26:10Z","type":"stable","version":"15.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/15.1.0","date":"2025-10-22T13:00:26Z","type":"stable","version":"15.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/15.0.0","date":"2025-10-16T03:17:57Z","type":"stable","version":"15.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/14.1.1","date":"2024-09-09T02:28:54Z","type":"stable","version":"14.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/14.1.0","date":"2024-01-06T19:41:59Z","type":"stable","version":"14.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/14.0.3","date":"2023-11-28T21:22:28Z","type":"stable","version":"14.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/14.0.2","date":"2023-11-28T02:45:02Z","type":"stable","version":"14.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/14.0.1","date":"2023-11-26T22:36:29Z","type":"stable","version":"14.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/14.0.0","date":"2023-11-26T19:28:03Z","type":"stable","version":"14.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/13.0.0","date":"2021-06-12T12:27:16Z","type":"stable","version":"13.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/12.1.1","date":"2020-05-29T13:27:54Z","type":"stable","version":"12.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/12.1.0","date":"2020-05-09T15:27:15Z","type":"stable","version":"12.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/12.0.1","date":"2020-03-29T23:00:45Z","type":"stable","version":"12.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/12.0.0","date":"2020-03-16T01:57:17Z","type":"stable","version":"12.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/11.0.2","date":"2019-08-01T22:52:19Z","type":"stable","version":"11.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/11.0.1","date":"2019-04-16T17:12:45Z","type":"stable","version":"11.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/11.0.0","date":"2019-04-15T22:19:15Z","type":"stable","version":"11.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/0.10.0","date":"2018-09-07T18:16:00Z","type":"stable","version":"0.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/0.9.0","date":"2018-08-03T20:22:28Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/tag/0.8.1","date":"2018-02-21T02:11:44Z","type":"stable","version":"0.8.1"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=nixpkgs&package_name=hound&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=cargo&package_name=globset&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Code Search)

| Capability | Hound | ripgrep |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Search scope | - | - |
| Index architecture | - | - |
| Code intelligence | - | - |
| Semantic AI search | - | - |
| Self hostable | - | - |
| Cloud saas | - | - |
| Editor ide integration | - | - |
| CLI tool | - | - |
| Monorepo scale proven | - | - |
| Public code index | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:43:44.019Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*