hgrep mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• hgrep

Projektgeschichte

The public release line begins with v0.1.x tags in October 2021. The README describes the original product idea as combining ripgrep-style search with bat-style highlighted display, while keeping a pipe-friendly mode for existing grep workflows.

The 0.2 and 0.3 series show the project tightening around terminal ergonomics: generated shell completions and man pages, binary release archives, static Linux builds, macOS and Windows support, and improved handling of color capability and encodings.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The official README documents installation through release binaries, Homebrew, MacPorts, NetBSD pkgsrc/pkgin, Debian-style `.deb` packages, and Cargo. That packaging spread matches hgrep's role as a small terminal utility rather than a library platform.

The project also exposes feature flags so users can keep the built-in ripgrep search, the syntect printer, or the bat printer, which made it practical for package maintainers and source builders to tune dependency weight.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is either `hgrep pattern path` for its built-in ripgrep subset or `rg -nH pattern path | hgrep` when the user wants full ripgrep behavior and hgrep only as the display stage.

hgrep is most useful when raw grep output has too little context: it groups nearby matches, chooses context around blank lines, applies syntax highlighting, and can generate shell completions or a manual page for packaged installs.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-manager users, hgrep is an example of the Rust CLI ecosystem's composable-search style: ripgrep supplies fast traversal and matching, bat/syntect supply readable code presentation, and the final binary stays scriptable.

It is also interesting as a dependency-shaping package. Builders can choose feature combinations to trade install time, binary size, and formatting behavior instead of carrying every optional printer path.

Zeitleiste

• 2021: v0.1.x public tags establish the Rust CLI release line.
• 2021: v0.2.0 follows within weeks, continuing rapid terminal-search iteration.
• 2023: v0.3.0 updates syntect and bat integration and adds manual-page generation.
• 2024: v0.3.7 adds broader text-encoding support, including BOM-based detection.
• 2025: v0.3.9 adds Arm Windows release artifacts and additional language/theme support.

Related projects

• ripgrep is the closest search-engine relative: hgrep can embed a subset of ripgrep or consume `rg -nH` output.
• bat and syntect are presentation relatives: hgrep uses them as alternative syntax-highlighted output paths.
• Traditional grep remains part of the workflow because hgrep can read `grep -nH` output from standard input.

Quellen

• Changelog: https://github.com/rhysd/hgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• README: https://github.com/rhysd/hgrep#readme
• Repository tags: https://github.com/rhysd/hgrep/tags