Code Search Tool Shootout

Compare various grep-like tools for performance recursivley scanning directories of source code.

• ag
• findstr
• gnu grep
• ripgrep
• sift

Literal (Fixed String) Results

.\tests\literal.ps1


Command    Seconds        Grep Ratio Found
-------    -------        ---------- -----
sift     0.6709539 0.117226149286559  5815
rg       0.7726723 0.134997946042774  5840
findstr   4.019066 0.702193743725961  5811
grep     5.7235856                 1  5815
ag      10.8135604  1.88929827484366  5841