Cardinal File Search Alternatives

Cardinal File Search is described as 'Fast macOS utility with substring, prefix, suffix, exact, and path-based search, case-sensitive and regex modes, Everything-syntax compatible, keyboard shortcuts, and Quick Look previews' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Cardinal File Search for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and BSD apps. The best Cardinal File Search alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Cardinal File Search are FSearch, Listary, DocFetcher and Agent Ransack.

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  1. Desktop Docs icon
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    Desktop Docs is the all-in-one platform to browse, edit, and export your media files.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  2. Indexed search tool enabling file and email discovery across local, shared, and network paths. Supports Office, PDF, and web formats. Outlook integration with preview windows and search result highlights. Features include filters, customizable indexing, and enterprise support.

    78 Lookeen Desktop Search alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Microsoft Outlook
     
  3. XSearch icon
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    XSearch is a free search tool that with more features that Windows Search didn't provided. It can search files on your computer in high speed. When searching for special words in files, you can specify the words option such as "Any of the words", "All of the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  4. FileSeek icon
     24 likes

    FileSeek is an easy-to-use file search app that includes advanced functionality for power users! Search through files using simple queries or regular expressions. You can even sync your search settings between computers.

    84 FileSeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. SwiftSearch icon
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    SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  6. ANGRYsearch icon
     10 likes

    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  7. Scherlokk icon
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    Performs high-speed file searches using a proprietary engine across built-in, portable, and network drives, including hidden and non-indexed files, supports detailed result filtering, provides file comparison, hex editing, autosave, advanced sorting, and multitasking.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. FileSearchy icon
     37 likes

    File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    74 FileSearchy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. PowerGREP icon
     23 likes

    PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.

    81 PowerGREP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Indexer++ icon
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    Indexer++ is probably the best open-source desktop files and folders search utility for Windows.

    27 Indexer++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. KFind icon
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    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.

    17 KFind alternatives

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
  12. Find Any File icon
     16 likes

    Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though). As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:

    83 Find Any File alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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