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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T14:58:25+00:00 2026-05-10T14:58:25+00:00

Any recommendations on grep tools for Windows? Ideally ones that could leverage 64-bit OS.

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Any recommendations on grep tools for Windows? Ideally ones that could leverage 64-bit OS.

I’m aware of Cygwin, of course, and have also found PowerGREP, but I’m wondering if there are any hidden gems out there?

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  1. 2026-05-10T14:58:26+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 2:58 pm

    Based on recommendations in the comments, I’ve started using grepWin and it’s fantastic and free.


    (I’m still a fan of PowerGREP, but I don’t use it anymore.)

    I know you already mentioned it, but PowerGREP is awesome.

    Some of my favorite features are:

    • Right-click on a folder to run PowerGREP on it
    • Use regular expressions or literal text
    • Specify wildcards for files to include & exclude
    • Search & replace
    • Preview mode is nice because you can make sure you’re replacing what you intend to.

    Now I realize that the other grep tools can do all of the above. It’s just that PowerGREP packages all of the functionality into a very easy-to-use GUI.

    From the same wonderful folks who brought you RegexBuddy and who I have no affiliation with beyond loving their stuff. (It should be noted that RegexBuddy includes a basic version of grep (for Windows) itself and it costs a lot less than PowerGREP.)


    Additional solutions

    Existing Windows commands

    • FINDSTR
    • Select-String in PowerShell

    Linux command implementations on Windows

    • Cygwin
    • Cash

    Grep tools with a graphical interface

    • AstroGrep
    • BareGrep
    • GrepWin

    Additional Grep tools

    • dnGrep
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