Ast grep by ast-grep

A CLI tool for code structural search, lint and rewriting. Written in Rust

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Verdict 78/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 1 months ago

Self-host Ast grep on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
78 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
14k
350 forks

About Ast grep

From the project's README at github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

ast-grep(sg) is a CLI tool for code structural search, lint, and rewriting. Introduction ast-grep is an [abstract syntax tree](https://dev.to/bala

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
91
maturity
99
community
95
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
35

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 14k github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep
GitHub forks 350 github.com/ast-grep/ast-grep
CRATES downloads (last month) 26k ast-grep

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age3.9 yearssince Jul 2022
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped174last: 1 months ago
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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