# Livegrep vs ripgrep

| Attribute | Livegrep | ripgrep |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.4 (9% (low)) | 56.8 (24% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 16 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 8,861 |
| adoption.github_stars | 244,481 | 67,616 |
| description.long | A code search tool that enables users to search through source code repositories using regular expressions, built to handle real-time queries at scale. | 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. |
| language.primary | C | Rust |
| license.spdx | - | Unlicense |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:50:50.111Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | - | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | - | free |
| release.cadence_days | - | 40 |
| release.history | - | `[{"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 | 3 | 4.7 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"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 | Livegrep | 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 2026-09-01T16:36:01.439Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*