# Build status of dev branch * Linux [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/beyondgrep/ack3.png?branch=dev)](https://travis-ci.org/beyondgrep/ack3) * Windows [![Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/beyondgrep/ack3)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/petdance/ack3) * [CPAN Testers](https://cpantesters.org/distro/A/ack.html) # ack 3 ack is a code-searching tool, similar to grep but optimized for programmers searching large trees of source code. It is highly portable and runs on any platform that runs Perl. ack is written and maintained by Andy Lester (andy@beyondgrep.com). * [Project home page](https://beyondgrep.com/) * [Code home page](https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3) * [Issue tracker](https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3/issues) * Mailing lists * [Announcements](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ack-announcements) * [Users](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ack-users) * [Developers](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ack-dev) # Building ack requires Perl 5.10.1 or higher. Perl 5.10.1 was released August 2009. # Required perl Makefile.PL make make test sudo make install # For a system-wide installation # - or - make ack-standalone cp ack-standalone ~/bin/ack3 # For a personal installation # Development * [How to contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md) * [Developer's Guide](DEVELOPERS.md) * [Design Guide](DESIGN.md) # Community See the [Community](https://beyondgrep.com/community/) page. # License Copyright 2005-2019 Andy Lester. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [Artistic License v2.0](https://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0). See also the LICENSE.md file that comes with the ack distribution.