Alternatives to Cathy for all platforms with any license

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...

Freemium Windows
Context Menu extension File-search Outlook search Add a feature

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Virtual Volumes View

VVV is an application that catalogs the content of removable volumes like CD and DVD disks for off-line searching. Folders and files can also be arranged in a single...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Portable Add a feature

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FileLocator

FileLocator Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find. It is a free reduced functionality...

Freemium Windows
Support for 64 bit Support for Double-byte languages File-search Support for Multiple threads ... Support for regular expressions Add a feature

25 Like
Copernic Desktop Search

Instantly find files, e-mails, and attachments stored anywhere on your PC with the free Copernic Desktop Search Home. Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) enables you to...

Free Personal Windows
File-search Indexed search Outlook search Add a feature

27 Like
Index Your Files

Index Your Files allows you to search through all your files or folders on local or networked drives without remote admin rights (as necessary for the similar app...

Free Windows Linux Wine
File-search Portable Add a feature

15 Like
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated since 2012. Last version, 5.0.2.6, released in December 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Disk Explorer Professional

This application is a powerful tool for cataloging all CDs, DVDs, floppies, ZIP disks, or other removable media, hard drives, network drives, or even FTP servers on the...

Free Windows
No features added Add a feature

14 Like
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 3.70, released in February 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Exselo Desktop

Outlook and desktop search to help you search and find information from your files, emails and documents on your computer. Now also with a secure p2p network so you can...

Free Windows Microsoft Office Outlook
Outlook search File-search Indexed search Outlook integration ... Real time collaboration Share files Add a feature

6 Like
XSearch

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...

Free Windows
File-search Non-Indexing search Add a feature

11 Like
TaggTool

The Personal File Tagging Utility. Tagg is a utility which locates your files based on simple labels you attach or tag on to your files. Contains support for Dropbox...

Commercial Windows
Automatic Tagging Windows Explorer integration File-search File tagging ... Tag based Add a feature

6 Like
- Discontinued Impossible to contact the web site
AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch

AIKIN is a powerful new desktop search that can find item names and content using advanced pattern recognition and semantic awareness, that doesn't require the user...

Freemium Windows
Semantic Search Add a feature

2 Like
Effective File Search

Effective File Search (EFS) is a powerful but easy to use search tool. Search any files on your computer or local network with this effective software. EFS is a real...

Free Windows
File-search Add a feature

2 Like
SMF – Search my Files

SMF is a file and file duplicate search tool that uses hashing (MD5, CRC32 or SHA1) to determine similarity. It has tons of search filter capabilities and a result...

Free Windows
File-search Indexed search Portable Add a feature

5 Like
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DiskCatalogMaker

DiskCatalogMaker is a simple disk management tool which catalogs disks and folders. Catalog your discs Drag and drop your disk icon onto the catalog window. ...

Commercial Mac OS X
No features added Add a feature

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Azzul

to help you maintain and organize a catalog with media collections, including CD-ROMs and DVDs, audio CDs, diskettes, removable drives, hard drives, etc.

Free Open Source Windows
No features added Add a feature

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CatDroid

CatDroid is a Disk Catalog Browser and Search tool. If you have many CD's, DVD's BLU-RAY and/or external drives, you may occasionally find yourself searching...

Free Android
File-search Add a feature

2 Like