# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:cgrep
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install cgrep
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S cgrep
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: cgrep from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:cgrep
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 9.2.3
- **Source summary:** Context-aware grep for source code
- **Homepage:** <https://awgn.github.io/cgrep/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/awgn/cgrep>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22T03:24:51Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- cgrep (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 9.2.3
## 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 Notes

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.



## 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

- Unix: ./.cgreprc, ~/.cgreprc, /etc/cgreprc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- pacman - cgrep - 8.1.0-152: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: cgrep from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A context-aware grep for source codes | https://awgn.github.io/cgrep/


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/cgrep.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/cgrep.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph