Agent Ransack AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like Agent Ransack

Agent Ransack is described as 'Tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack also displays the text found. Users can then quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!' and is a very popular File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Agent Ransack for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Agent Ransack alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Agent Ransack are FSearch, DocFetcher, Cling Fuzzy Finder and Clapgrep.

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  1. Everything icon

    Everything

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    An administrative tool that finds files and folders by filename instantly, displaying all files on local or network drives. Supports filters, 19 languages, portable usage, lightweight resource consumption, no tracking, and dark mode.

    115 Everything alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Locate files and folders by name instantly.
     
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    lesm
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    You can't compare Agent Ransack with Everything cause both are different kind of tools.

    Top Negative Comment
    Guest
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    Everything Search can't search through file contents.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    andrzila
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    can't index & search file content, only folder / file names

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    • Some users think Everything is a great Agent Ransack alternative, some don't.

    • Everything is the most popular Windows alternative to Agent Ransack.

    • Everything is the most popular free alternative to Agent Ransack.

    • Everything is Free and ProprietaryAgent Ransack is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Everything is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAgent Ransack is not according to our users
  2. FSearch icon

    FSearch

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    FSearch is a fast file search utility for GNU/Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It's written in C and based on GTK+3.

    87 FSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    FSearch is a great alternative to Voidtools Everything, but it doesn't search file contents.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    lovre
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    Can't search file contents.

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    • Some users think FSearch is a great Agent Ransack alternative, some don't.

    • FSearch is the most popular Linux alternative to Agent Ransack.

    • FSearch is the most popular Open Source alternative to Agent Ransack.

    • FSearch is Free and Open SourceAgent Ransack is Freemium and Proprietary
    • FSearch is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAgent Ransack is not according to our users
  4. DocFetcher icon

    DocFetcher

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    DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application: It allows you to search the contents of files on your computer. — You can think of it as Google for your local files. The application runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.

    129 DocFetcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Filter panel and preview panel enabled
     
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    • Some users think DocFetcher is a great Agent Ransack alternative, some don't.

    • DocFetcher is the most popular Mac alternative to Agent Ransack.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceAgent Ransack is Freemium and Proprietary
    • DocFetcher is Privacy focusedAgent Ransack is not according to our users
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    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index...

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  7. Clapgrep icon

    Clapgrep

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    Ever had a folder full of PDF files, where you knew, somewhere in there, is what you're looking for. But you did not know in which file. So you had to search each of them at a time…

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. ripgrep

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    ripgrep is a command line search tool that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher (an ack clone) with the raw speed of GNU grep.

    16 ripgrep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. FileLocator icon

    FileLocator

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    FileLocator Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find.

    55 FileLocator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about FileLocator as an Alternative to Agent Ransack
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    FileLocator (the Lite version) is not just an alternative, it's the same program but with the branding changed during the build process to make it fit better for environments where "Ransack" may cause concerns

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    • FileLocator is Freemium and ProprietaryAgent Ransack is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    Filezo

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    Filezo (Formerly known as RecentX) is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders & programs. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    299 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Filezo is the most popular commercial alternative to Agent Ransack.

    • Filezo is Paid and ProprietaryAgent Ransack is Freemium and Proprietary
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    SearchMyFiles

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    SearchMyFiles is a non-indexing portable alternative to the standard "Search For Files And Folders" module of Windows. It allows you to easily search files in your system by wildcard, by last modified/created/last accessed time, by file attributes, by file content...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  13. AstroGrep icon

    AstroGrep

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    AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice for looking at source code.

    39 AstroGrep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    Main window
     
  15. Copernic Desktop Search icon

    Copernic Desktop Search

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    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index size limit in the free version.

    83 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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