macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cgreplocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Install cgrep with Homebrew, pacman
Context-aware grep for source code. Version 9.2.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-22. Also installable with pacman: sudo pacman -S cgrep.
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Additional install commands
Linux
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S cgrepArch Linux sync databases · cgrep · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Context-aware grep for source code
Project links
Commands and aliases
- cgrep
history
Project history and usage
CGrep is a Haskell context-aware grep for source code that searches by code, comment, literal, token kind, file type, and semantic patterns.
Project history
The official documentation frames CGrep as an extension of traditional grep for source code, adding language-aware context filters and semantic matching.
Adoption history
The project is distributed through Hackage and from source on GitHub. Official docs document cabal, stack, and source installation paths.
How it is used
CGrep is used to search source trees while limiting matches to code, comments, string literals, identifiers, native types, keywords, numbers, operators, file kinds, languages, or test/non-test code.
Why package nerds care
CGrep is interesting to package maintainers because it sits in the family of grep replacements but uses language parsing and Haskell packaging rather than plain byte or regex scanning alone.
Timeline
- v8.0.0: Changelog notes performance improvements and expanded language/configuration support.
- v9.2: Official docs describe faster token and semantic search, UTF-8 support, and semantic test filtering.
- v9.2.2: Official homepage documents this release line.
Related projects
- The official README links CGrep to Hackage for package distribution and GitHub for source development.
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/awgn/cgrep
- https://github.com/awgn/cgrep
- https://awgn.github.io/cgrep/
- https://awgn.github.io/cgrep
- https://github.com/awgn/cgrep#readme
- https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/cgrep.json
- https://github.com/awgn/cgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/awgn/cgrep/blob/master/README.md
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cgrep. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./.cgreprc~/.cgreprc/etc/cgreprc
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
cgrep | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version9.2.3
manager updated2026-07-22
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:cgrep |
|---|---|
| Version | 9.2.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://awgn.github.io/cgrep/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/awgn/cgrep |
| Last updated | 2026-07-22T03:24:51Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
pacman95%
cgrep 8.1.0-152
A context-aware grep for source codes
sudo pacman -S cgrep- License: GPL2
- Architecture: x86_64
- 29 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Cgrep
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation