Catfish
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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.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- File Search
- Works Offline
- Full-Text Search
- Ad-free
- Built-in viewer
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- No Tracking
- Command line interface
- Filtering
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What is 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.
Features:
- Filename search
- Search file text
- Search zip files
- Thumbnail view
- Filter results by file type, extension, and date
- Optional locate/mlocate and zeitgeist support for faster searches
Comments and Reviews
It's lightweight and VERY reliable!
Must open the sidebar (F9) to access some basic features like search for folders.
FAST search as User or Root.
a desktop version mix like Gnome-do or Synapse would be great.