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BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

Rust#cli#command-line#command-line-tool#gitignore

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
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Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your macOS

A ready-made macOS download is in the latest release.

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15.2.0 · 7/15/2026 ↗

ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

tar.gz · Apple Silicon · 1.8 MB · 1,555,499 downloads · best match

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Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"

Other macOS downloads (1)

ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

tar.gz · Intel · 1.9 MB · 331,598 downloads

Download

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin). If macOS blocks it: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <binary>

curl -LO "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz"

Install with a package manager

Homebrew

brew install ripgrep

MacPorts

sudo port install ripgrep

Cargo

cargo install ripgrep

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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