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When comparing Blink code search vs PowerGREP, the Slant community recommends PowerGREP for most people. In the question“What are the best GUI grep implementations for Windows?” PowerGREP is ranked 2nd while Blink code search is ranked 5th.
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Pros
Pro Fuzzy suggestion
Pro Free and open source
Pro Live grep
Pro Fast search
Search is fast after index is built
Pro Price is reasonable for such a powerful tool.
Pro Easy to use GUI
PowerGREP has a very easy to use GUI, with a great preview mode that allows you to be sure on what you are replacing.
Pro Accessible from the right-click menu
You can easily search inside folders by right clicking them.
Pro Powerful data collection features
Pro Supports ZIP files
Cons
Con Need to build index in advance
Con Paid
PowerGREP is not free and costs at least 119 EUROS for a single license.