Beagle AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like Beagle

Beagle is described as 'Search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Beagle for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Microsoft Outlook apps. The best Beagle alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Beagle are DocFetcher, GCstar, Recoll and Agent Ransack.

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Beagle

File Search Utility
Free • Open Source

Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for.

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Beagle alternatives page was last updated May 16, 2024

Everything
"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 remova...
106 Everything alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- File Search Utility
- File Manager
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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Everything VS Beagle
Is Everything a good alternative to Beagle?
- Everything is the most popular Windows alternative to Beagle.
- Everything is the most popular free alternative to Beagle.
- Everything is Free and ProprietaryBeagle is Free and Open Source
- Everything is LightweightBeagle is not according to our users

DocFetcher
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.
118 DocFetcher alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+2
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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DocFetcher VS Beagle
Is DocFetcher a good alternative to Beagle?
- DocFetcher is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Beagle.
- DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source alternative to Beagle.
- DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceBeagle is also Free and Open Source

GCstar
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 y...
102 GCstar alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Media Manager
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
GCstar Features
Portable
Multiple languages
Cross-Platform
Book Manager
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GCstar VS Beagle
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Recoll
This package is a personal full text search package which is based on a very strong backend (Xapian), for which it provides an easy to use and feature-rich interface.
40 Recoll alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
+6
Recoll Features
1. File Search
2. Indexed search
3. File content indexing
4. Full-Text Search
5. File preview
6. Search-in-files
7. Lightweight
8. Dark Mode
9. Semantic Search
10. Low memory usage
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Recoll VS Beagle
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Agent Ransack
Agent Ransack is a 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 resul...
74 Agent Ransack alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
+3
Agent Ransack Features
1. File Search
2. Search-in-files
3. Context Menu extension
4. Outlook search
5. Ad-free
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Agent Ransack VS Beagle
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Tabbles
Tag files, along with your peers to organize and find them. Works on local or network drives and in the Cloud. Tabbles features collaborative tagging, auto-tagging rules, an Outlook Plugin, a Chrome extension and is wel...
34 Tabbles alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- Document Manager
Platforms
- Windows
- Google Chrome
- Outlook
+2
Top Tabbles Features
1. File Tagging
2. Portable
3. Chromecast Support
4. Visual Tagging
5. Automatic Tagging
6. Tag based
7. Virtual folders
8. File Organizer
9. DMS
10. Bookmarks
11. Tagging
12. Color coding
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Tabbles VS Beagle
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Catfish
Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.
26 Catfish alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- GTK+
- Xfce
Catfish Features
1. Works Offline
2. Full-Text Search
3. Lightweight
4. Ad-free
5. Command line interface
6. Built-in viewer
7. Filtering
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SearchMyFiles
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/...
99 SearchMyFiles alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- File Search Utility
- Duplicate File Finder
Platforms
- Windows
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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SearchMyFiles VS Beagle
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Desktop Docs
Desktop Docs is the all-in-one platform to browse, edit, and export your media files.
52 Desktop Docs alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Mac
Desktop Docs Features
1. Ad-free
2. No Tracking
3. Works Offline
4. Built-in viewer
5. File Tagging
6. No registration required
7. AI-Powered
8. Local Search
9. Video search
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Desktop Docs VS Beagle
Is Desktop Docs a good alternative to Beagle?
- Desktop Docs is the most popular commercial alternative to Beagle.
- Desktop Docs is Paid and ProprietaryBeagle is Free and Open Source

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.
75 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
Copernic Desktop Search Features
OCR
Outlook search
PDF OCR
Indexed search
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Copernic Desktop Search VS Beagle
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Locate32
Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information abo...
69 Locate32 alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
Locate32 Features
Auto Indexing
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Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 3.1.11.8220a, released in May 2015, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
Locate32 VS Beagle
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RecentX
RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them...
281 RecentX alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- File Search Utility
- Application Launcher
Platforms
- Windows
+7
Top RecentX Features
1. File Tagging
2. Windows Explorer Extension
3. Portable
4. Tagging
5. Indexed search
6. Folder-Search
7. Tabbed interface
8. Clipboard monitoring
9. Image Preview
10. Tag based
11. Folder Tagging
12. Bookmark History
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RecentX VS Beagle
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