diff --git a/.config/ripgrep/config b/.config/ripgrep/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7780b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/ripgrep/config
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Loaded via RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH (zsh/.zshrc, non-shared only). Hidden dirs
+# (.venv, .claude, .codex) are skipped by default. -uu doesn't undo the
+# globs: use --no-config.
+--smart-case
+--glob=!*venv/
+--glob=!node_modules/
+--glob=!__pycache__/
diff --git a/setup_arch.sh b/setup_arch.sh
index 648636c..9a0427f 100755
--- a/setup_arch.sh
+++ b/setup_arch.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 sudo pacman --needed -Sy archlinux-keyring --noconfirm
 sudo pacman --needed -Syu --noconfirm
-sudo pacman --needed -Sy base-devel xorg xorg-xinit gnome gnome-extra neovim zsh tmux openssh alacritty powerline-fonts python-pip --noconfirm
+sudo pacman --needed -Sy base-devel xorg xorg-xinit gnome gnome-extra neovim zsh tmux openssh alacritty powerline-fonts python-pip ripgrep --noconfirm
 cp $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim.template $PWD/nvim/scheme.vim
 cp $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml.template $PWD/.config/alacritty/schemes.yml
 pip3 install neovim
diff --git a/setup_ubuntu.sh b/setup_ubuntu.sh
index 953fe8f..f879d9d 100755
--- a/setup_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/setup_ubuntu.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ shopt -s nullglob
 
 sudo apt -y update
 sudo apt -y dist-upgrade
-sudo apt -y install curl zsh tmux virtualenvwrapper powerline fonts-powerline python3 python3-pip python3-pynvim fzf
+sudo apt -y install curl zsh tmux virtualenvwrapper powerline fonts-powerline python3 python3-pip python3-pynvim fzf ripgrep
 sudo snap install --classic nvim
 
 # VMs: the guest agent lets the hypervisor read OS info (virsh guestinfo --os)
diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.zshrc
index d3e937e..6b63cbc 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ if (( $+commands[fzf] && ! shared_config )); then
     fi
     unset _fzf_init
 fi
+if (( ! shared_config )) && [[ -r ~/dotfiles/.config/ripgrep/config ]]; then
+    export RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH=~/dotfiles/.config/ripgrep/config
+fi
 
 export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI="qemu:///system"
 if (( ! shared_config )); then