# Hound vs ugrep

| Attribute | Hound | ugrep |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 36.6 (32% (low)) | 47.3 (20% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 17 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,874 | 3,258 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"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 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. |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"}]` | - |
| language.primary | JavaScript | C++ |
| license.spdx | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"android":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://ugrep.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:52:44.515Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 154 | 14 |
| 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/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.8.4","date":"2026-08-05T14:43:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.8.3","date":"2026-07-30T14:57:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.8.2","date":"2026-05-17T19:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.8.1","date":"2026-05-03T13:11:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.8.0","date":"2026-04-29T14:41:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.7.0","date":"2026-04-21T17:43:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.6.0","date":"2026-03-05T19:30:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.5.0","date":"2025-06-18T19:20:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.4.3","date":"2025-05-15T19:29:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.4.2","date":"2025-04-28T11:55:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.4.1","date":"2025-04-24T16:25:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.4.0","date":"2025-04-22T18:57:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.3.0","date":"2025-03-03T17:56:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.2.2","date":"2025-02-03T20:19:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.2.1","date":"2025-01-27T15:53:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.2.0","date":"2025-01-23T21:14:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.1.3","date":"2025-01-09T19:50:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.1.2","date":"2024-12-30T14:55:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.1.1","date":"2024-11-29T21:02:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/releases/tag/v7.1.0","date":"2024-11-22T18:37:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 5.5 | - |
| 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=nixpkgs&package_name=ugrep&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Code Search)

| Capability | Hound | ugrep |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T17:19:43.798Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*