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ferret		grep
	Project
6	Mentions	2
685	Stars	75
-	Growth	-
3.3	Activity	10.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	over 3 years ago
Vim Script	Language	Vim Script
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

ferret

Posts with mentions or reviews of ferret. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-09.

[Neovim] Comment puis-je avoir une recherche de projet large et remplacer comme VScode?
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 19 Apr 2023
Ack.vim supersedent?
3 projects | /r/vim | 9 Aug 2022

I use ferret
Is there a plugin that makes searching and replacing stuff in vim easier?
2 projects | /r/vim | 11 Jan 2022
How can I have project wide search and replace like vscode?
9 projects | /r/neovim | 8 Jul 2021
Recommended rename all within project folder plugin
5 projects | /r/vim | 8 May 2021
[Q] Package/Setup for Persisting Line Based Search?
1 project | /r/neovim | 26 Jan 2021

grep

Posts with mentions or reviews of grep. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-09.

Ack.vim supersedent?
3 projects | /r/vim | 9 Aug 2022
Searching a large code base.
7 projects | /r/vim | 17 Apr 2022

A list of search utilities are in https://github.com/yegappan/grep (at the bottom of the page). You may want to take a look at that.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ferret and grep you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-spectre - Find the enemy and replace them with dark power.

the_silver_searcher - A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.

vim-grepper - :space_invader: Helps you win at grep.

opengrok - OpenGrok is a fast and usable source code search and cross reference engine, written in Java

vim-qf - Tame the quickfix window.

command-t - ⌨️ Fast file navigation for Neovim and Vim

far.vim - Find And Replace Vim plugin

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

quickfix-reflector.vim - Change code right in the quickfix window

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

nvim-bqf - Better quickfix window in Neovim, polish old quickfix window.

blink - GUI of live indexed grep for source code. Fuzzy suggestion in auto complete. Files locator, search and replace. Index management for multiple projects.