Fast local file search. Open source. Private by default. Powered by ripgrep.
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your codebase search is embarrassingly slow 💀
ripgrep (rg) finds any pattern across every file in ~0.3s
faster than grep. smarter than your IDE.
7 steps to set it up 👇
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The “Grep” command is an important command. Learn why:
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Are you familiar with the “Grep” command?
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Jun 13
I still don't know what thunar is?!
But brand new version of Searchmonkey is out!
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Jun 13
Well.. it's back!
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Jun 12
The older I get, the more I appreciate boring technology.
SearchMonkey III is built on ripgrep.
Reliable beats clever almost every time.
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Jun 11
A surprising amount of software engineering is learning what NOT to build.
You don't need:
• A database
• An indexer
• A background service
• A cloud account
to search your own files.
Sometimes the simplest solution is also the fastest.
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Jun 11
There are no ocr limits for Searchmonkey and it runs on Mac
3 Dec 2025
Struggled for 15 mins to find a reason why OCR with search words in MacOS Finder wasn't working, and realized it just doesn't if the folder has like over 100 files, and the folder had over 1000 and just doesn't index them for some reason. God MacOS is getting worse by the year
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Jun 11
Searchmonkey knows about ripgrep 🤫
You surely know about grep command in Linux 🐧
You might know about ripgrep 😎
Now meet the most powerful of them all: ripgrep-all 👑
itsfoss.com/ripgrep-all/
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Jun 11
Searchmonkey is powered by ripgrep and gives you that same power in the UI.
And it's open source.
May 17
One tool I genuinely think every developer, engineer, sysadmin, researcher, and terminal-heavy techie should know about:
ripgrep (rg) ⚡
It’s basically a ridiculously fast modern replacement for grep, but once you start using it properly, it becomes hard to go back.
Super useful for:
• searching huge codebases
• finding configs/secrets
• log analysis
• debugging
• searching APIs/endpoints
• navigating projects
• parsing large datasets
• quick terminal workflows
Examples:
rg "TODO"
rg "api_key|token"
rg "localhost:3000"
rg "useEffect"
One of the best parts:
it automatically respects .gitignore, skips unnecessary junk directories, and searches insanely fast even across massive repositories.
Also powers a lot of modern tooling ecosystems behind the scenes:
• Neovim
• Telescope
• VS Code integrations
• fzf workflows
• CLI tooling
• developer search systems
This is honestly one of those tools that quietly upgrades your daily workflow without you realizing it at first.
Project:
github.com/burntsushi/ripgre…
#opensource #linux #programming #devops #neovim #terminal #developer #cybersecurity
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Jun 11
Searchmonkey ❤️ ripgrep 15
18 Oct 2025
ripgrep version 15.0.0 is here and it is a fast, and opensource CLI search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. It's written in Rust and is often cited as being significantly faster than alternatives like grep and ag
github.com/BurntSushi/ripgre…
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Jun 11
Searchmonkey is powered by ripgrep which is why it's so fast and gives you instant results in the UI.
your codebase search is embarrassingly slow 💀
ripgrep (rg) finds any pattern across every file in ~0.3s
faster than grep. smarter than your IDE.
7 steps to set it up 👇
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Jun 10
We spent years trying to support every file format.
The result?
Complexity.
SearchMonkey III has a simpler philosophy:
Search files.
Plugins handle formats.
Software rarely dies from too little functionality.
It dies from too much.
SearchMonkey III does one thing:
Find your files.
Fast.
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15 years ago I built SearchMonkey to answer a simple question:
"What's actually on my computer?"
It grew to 250k installs.
Then life got in the way.
The project stalled.
The problem didn't.
Today I'm rebuilding it as SearchMonkey III.
Faster. Simpler. Open source.
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