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When comparing Blink code search vs GrepWin, the Slant community recommends Blink code search for most people. In the question“What are the best GUI grep implementations for Windows?” Blink code search is ranked 5th while GrepWin is ranked 6th.
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PlatformsWindows
TechnologyC++
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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 Free and open source
GrepWin is completely free and open source. It's released under GPL.
Pro RegEx support
Pro Portable Version
A portable version without installation is available.
Pro Can search hidden directories/files
GrepWin can also search for hidden directories or files with no problem.
Cons
Con Need to build index in advance
Con Can only search .txt files
Con No way to export the results
If one wishes to export the results from grep
into a text file or any other format, there's no way to do it with GrepWin.