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How to install ripgrep on Windows (BurntSushi/ripgrep) · gitmanual

How to install on Windows

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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License: Unlicense
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Will it work on my device?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

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

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15.2.0 · 7/15/2026 ↗

ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

zip · x64 · 1.8 MB · 2,438,600 downloads · best match

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Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile "ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
Expand-Archive "ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -DestinationPath .

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ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.zip

zip · x64 · 1.9 MB · 11,376 downloads

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Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.zip" -OutFile "ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.zip"
Expand-Archive "ripgrep-15.2.0-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.zip" -DestinationPath .

ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

zip · ARM64 · 1.6 MB · 168,452 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile "ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
Expand-Archive "ripgrep-15.2.0-aarch64-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -DestinationPath .

ripgrep-15.2.0-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip

zip · 32-bit · 1.6 MB · 3,324 downloads

Download

Add the extracted folder to your PATH if it's a CLI tool.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/15.2.0/ripgrep-15.2.0-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -OutFile "ripgrep-15.2.0-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
Expand-Archive "ripgrep-15.2.0-i686-pc-windows-msvc.zip" -DestinationPath .

Install with a package manager

Chocolatey

choco install ripgrep

Scoop

scoop install ripgrep

winget

winget install BurntSushi.ripgrep.MSVC

Cargo

cargo install ripgrep

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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