Agent Ransack Alternatives for Linux

Agent Ransack is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is FSearch, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Agent Ransack and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Agent Ransack are DocFetcher, Clapgrep, grep and Hister.

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  1. 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.

    92 FSearch alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  2. 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.

    142 DocFetcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Filter panel and preview panel enabled
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  4. 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…

    65 Clapgrep alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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    • European Union flagEU
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  5. grep icon

    grep

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    grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.

    47 grep alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Linux Mobile
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  6. Hister icon

    Hister

     6 likes

    Your own search engine. Hister turns the pages you visit and the files you keep into a private, full content search index that you control.

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    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Nix Package Manager
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    • European Union flagEU
    Hister screenshot 1
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    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    ripgrep screenshot 1
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  10. Searchmonkey III icon

    Searchmonkey III

     36 likes

    Cross-platform desktop search application offering rapid full-text and regular expression search, recursive folder filtering, result highlighting, large file support, and a lightweight native UI built with Tauri and powered by ripgrep, ideal for complex codebases.

    84 Searchmonkey III alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Searchmonkey in 2-up mode for larger screens
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    The Silver Searcher

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    Silver Searcher is a code search tool similar to ack that claims to be much faster. It's implemented in C and has some extra features such as ignoring files per .hignore, .gitignore contents.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  12. KFind icon

    KFind

     6 likes

    KFind can be used as a standalone search tool, launched by KRunner or from your menu. It is also integrated into Konqueror as "Find File" in the "Tools" menu. It allows you to find files by name, type or content.

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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    • European Union flagEU
    KFind screenshot 1
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  13. ANGRYsearch icon

    ANGRYsearch

     10 likes

    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    ugrep

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    A user-friendly, faster, more capable grep replacement. Includes a TUI, Google-like Boolean search with AND/OR/NOT, fuzzy search, hexdumps, searches (nested) archives (zip, 7z, tar, pax, cpio), compressed files (gz, Z, bz2, lzma, xz, lz4, zstd, brotli), pdfs, docs, and...

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    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Termux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • NetBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • Windows
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    ugrep screenshot 1
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