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title: "grep.app vs OpenGrok: Which is searched more?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, grep.app or OpenGrok? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Code search tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# grep.app vs OpenGrok: Which is searched more?

Which is more popular in search, grep.app or OpenGrok? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Code search tools set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: grep.app and OpenGrok
- **Competitive set**: Code search tools
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **grep.app Share of Search**: 4.4%
- **OpenGrok Share of Search**: 19.8%

## Which is more popular in search, grep.app or OpenGrok?

- In August 2026, OpenGrok had more branded searches than grep.app among code search tools worldwide. OpenGrok was estimated to have 4.4K branded searches compared to grep.app’s 990, and held a 19.8% Share of Search versus grep.app’s 4.4%.
- OpenGrok was ahead of grep.app in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, grep.app’s estimated Share of Search among code search tools worldwide moved from 3.5% to 4.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.1K to 990.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, OpenGrok’s estimated Share of Search among code search tools worldwide moved from 17.2% to 19.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.4K to 4.4K.

## How did search popularity change for code search tools worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, OpenGrok gained estimated Share of Search among code search tools worldwide, from 19.2% to 19.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for grep.app worldwide fell 10.8% over 11 measured months, from 1.1K to 990 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | grep.app estimated searches | grep.app Share of Search | grep.app rank | OpenGrok estimated searches | OpenGrok Share of Search | OpenGrok rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.1K | 3.5% | 4 | 5.4K | 17.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 810 | 2.9% | 4 | 5.4K | 19.4% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 1.1K | 4.2% | 4 | 4.4K | 17% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.7K | 5.3% | 4 | 5.4K | 16.8% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 970 | 3.6% | 4 | 5.4K | 20.1% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.1K | 3.4% | 4 | 6.6K | 20.2% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.4K | 4.6% | 4 | 5.4K | 17.7% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 1.4K | 4.9% | 4 | 4.4K | 15.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 970 | 4.2% | 4 | 4.4K | 18.9% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.1K | 4.8% | 4 | 4.4K | 19.2% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 990 | 4.4% | 4 | 4.4K | 19.8% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using grep.app’s and OpenGrok’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **grep.app**: Measured on the search terms “grep app” and “grepapp”, summed into one figure.
- **OpenGrok**: Measured on the search term “opengrok”.

- [grep.app profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grep-app)
- [OpenGrok profile](/demand/global-en/brands/opengrok)
- [All code search tools worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/code-search-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, grep.app or OpenGrok?

In August 2026, OpenGrok had more branded searches than grep.app among code search tools worldwide. OpenGrok was estimated to have 4.4K branded searches compared to grep.app’s 990, and held a 19.8% Share of Search versus grep.app’s 4.4%.

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