BeaconFind Alternatives

Apps similar to BeaconFind include Everything, which is free. Other options are Microsoft PowerToys, Flow Launcher, Raycast and Alfred. You're spoiled for choice with File Search Utilities like BeaconFind: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. HanFlow Finder shows matching files the moment you type a name and picks up new and deleted files automatically. Search with wildcards, regular expressions and extension filters, then drag found files to move them, with undo.

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    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  2. PixaFind icon
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    PixaFind is a privacy-first desktop app that uses local AI to search your files and photos by what they actually contain — not just their filenames.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. The fastest way to access everything in your browser: notes, automations, agents, links, snippets, and more. Browse 2× faster with command shortcuts.

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
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  4. Look icon
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    A keyboard-first, local-first launcher for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Open apps, files, folders, clipboard history, and quick commands without leaving the keyboard.

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Linux
    • Nix Package Manager
    • Windows
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  5. DigUp icon
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    EmbeddingGemma 2 is the multimodal embedding model Google DeepMind released in October 2026. It puts text, images, audio and video into one shared space: a photo of a dog on a beach lands next to the words "a dog on the beach", and a recording of someone talking about...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. DocFind icon
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    Search inside many PDFs at once, offline on your phone: results show the file, the page and the surrounding text, and scanned PDFs are read on the device first.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
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  7. AskFolder icon
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    AskFolder searches a whole folder of PDFs, Word files, text, CSV, scanned documents and photos in plain words, and answers with the passage itself, its file and its page.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • New

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Omnicomb icon
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    Omnicomb is a multimedia file search engine. Search inside your text files, PDFs, Word documents, photos, videos, and audio files all at once.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Windows
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