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, GCstar and ripgrep.

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  1. Everything icon
    Everything icon

    Everything

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    "Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on local or removable NTFS volumes on your computer (hence the name...

    106 Everything alternatives
    Locate files and folders by name instantly.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top Everything Features

    1.  File Search
    2.  Instant results
    3.  Fast file and folder search
    4.  Clean design
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  Lightweight
    7.  Quick search
    8.  Monitor File Changes
    9.  Portable
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Exclude files and folders
    12.  Works Offline
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    lesm

    You can't compare Agent Ransack with Everything cause both are different kind of tools.

    Top positive comment •Jul 14, 2024
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    Guest

    Everything Search can't search through file contents.

    Top negative comment •May 15, 2015
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    fuba

    can't search through file contents.

    Negative comment •Feb 15, 2022
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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 LightweightAgent Ransack is not according to our users
  2. FSearch icon
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    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.

    82 FSearch alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    FSearch Features

    1.  Indexed search
    2.  File Search
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Lightweight
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Privacy focused
    9.  No registration required
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    lovre

    Can't search file contents.

    Negative comment •Nov 2, 2018
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    • 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
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    DocFetcher

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    DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.

    120 DocFetcher alternatives
    Filter panel and preview panel enabled

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Top DocFetcher Features

    1.  Search-in-files
    2.  File content indexing
    3.  Indexed search
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Content Searching
    6.  Portable
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Shared Folders
    9.  Reads odt files
    10.  Network Scanner
    11.  Search in Archives
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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
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    Copernic Desktop Search

    Instantly find documents, e-mails(full text), attachments, videos, pictures, music(metadata), and other types of files(file names). The size limit of the index of the free version is 75,000.

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  6. GCstar icon
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    GCstar

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    GCstar is a free open source application for managing your collections. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the internet and you can store additional data, such as the location or who you've lent it to.

    101 GCstar alternatives
    Movies

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GCstar Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Cross-Platform
    4.  Book Manager
    Movie detail
    Games
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  7. 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.

    14 ripgrep alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    ripgrep Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  PHP IDE
    5.  Ngnix Caching
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  8. Clapgrep icon
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    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…

    51 Clapgrep alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Clapgrep Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Lightweight
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Content Searching
    9.  File content indexing
    10.  Advanced searching
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  10. Search Monkey icon
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    Search Monkey

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    A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.

    76 Search Monkey alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Search Monkey Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Content Searching
    3.  Content preview
    4.  Real-Time Search
    Search Monkey screenshot 1
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    Guest

    DocFetcher and regain are not available on Ubuntu Software Center. Searchmonkey is available, easy to use and really fast. So I'll prefer this

    Positive comment •Sep 3, 2016
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    Guest

    Very similar functionality. Runs fast and is available to install through apt-get

    Positive comment •Feb 2, 2017
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    Guest

    Very similar feature set to AgentRansack and even the layout is similar.

    Positive comment •Nov 20, 2019
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    • Most users think Search Monkey is a great Agent Ransack alternative.

    • Search Monkey is Free and Open SourceAgent Ransack is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. AstroGrep icon
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    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.

    38 AstroGrep alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Options window
    About window

    AstroGrep Features

    1.  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Portable
    5.  Graphical User Interface
    6.  Support for regular expressions
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  12. SearchMyFiles icon
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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...

    100 SearchMyFiles alternatives
    SearchMyFiles screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SearchMyFiles screenshot 1

    SearchMyFiles Features

    1.  Local Search
    2.  Portable
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  Non-Indexing search
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Lightweight
    9.  Network Scanner
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  13. Anytxt Desktop Search icon
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    Anytxt Desktop Search

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    AnyTXT Searcher is a powerful local data full-text search engine, just like a local disk Google search engine. It is your ideal desktop search tool.

    65 Anytxt Desktop Search alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Very fast searching, A always completed in 1 second.
    Filter result by file type, or drive.
    +2
    Common document formats supported.

    Anytxt Desktop Search Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Real-Time Search
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Lightweight
    8.  Outlook search
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