# Livegrep

[Livegrep](https://github.com/livegrep/livegrep) is maintained by a Stripe developer and is used inside Stripe. It has a slick demo on the Linux source code at livegrep.com.

Sourcegraph is a good replacement for Livegrep for almost every organization.

## Pros

- Instant, as-you-type search results
- Quick search filters to narrow by path, etc.

## Cons

- No support for code navigation (code intelligence and/or ctags)
- Difficult to manage and scale (requires building custom infrastructure)
- Although it’s used heavily by a small number of companies, it’s maintained part-time by a single developer, so future trajectory is limited


<section class="h0Wrapper headingWrapper"><section class="h1Wrapper headingWrapper"><h1 id="livegrep"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#livegrep"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Livegrep</h1>
<p><a href="https://github.com/livegrep/livegrep">Livegrep</a> is maintained by a Stripe developer and is used inside Stripe. It has a slick demo on the Linux source code at livegrep.com.</p>
<p>Sourcegraph is a good replacement for Livegrep for almost every organization.</p>
<section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="pros"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#pros"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Pros</h2>
<ul>
<li>Instant, as-you-type search results</li>
<li>Quick search filters to narrow by path, etc.</li>
</ul>
</section><section class="h2Wrapper headingWrapper"><h2 id="cons"><a class="anchor" aria-hidden tabindex="-1" href="#cons"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Cons</h2>
<ul>
<li>No support for code navigation (code intelligence and/or ctags)</li>
<li>Difficult to manage and scale (requires building custom infrastructure)</li>
<li>Although it’s used heavily by a small number of companies, it’s maintained part-time by a single developer, so future trajectory is limited</li>
</ul></section></section></section>