FSearch is a fast file search utility for GNU/Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It's written in C and based on GTK+3.
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- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Linux
- Flathub
Germany
EU
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DocFetcher AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Search Utilities
The best File Search alternative to DocFetcher is FSearch, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to DocFetcher and loads of them are File Search Utilities so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Search Utility alternatives to DocFetcher are Listary, Recoll, Agent Ransack and Cling Fuzzy Finder.
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138 Listary alternativesListary is a revolutionary search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- File Explorer
China
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56 Recoll alternativesThis 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.
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- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- Flatpak
France- EU
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91 Agent Ransack alternativesAgent 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 results without having to separately open each file!
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- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
United Kingdom
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Quickly fuzzy search system, hidden, or dotfiles using keyboard navigation, then preview, copy paths, batch rename, or run custom scripts. Supports exclusion rules, minimal UI, Quick Filters, and power user features for efficient macOS file management.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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- Mac
- Homebrew
Romania- EU
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
- Germany
- EU
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Vim
South Korea
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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- Linux
- BSD
- GTK
- Xfce
- Germany
- EU
Ever had a folder full of PDF files, where you knew, somewhere in there, is what you're looking for. But you did not know in which file. So you had to search each of them at a time…
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- Linux Mobile
- Germany
- EU
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37 grepWin alternativesgrepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within files. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- Chocolatey
Switzerland
AI-powered assistant centralizing all data by searching files, folders, and cloud apps, creating custom automations, interacting with emails, calendars, and web, offering document summarization, organization, and content generation tools.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Germany
- EU
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72 Anytxt Desktop Search alternativesAnyTXT Searcher is a powerful local data full-text search engine, just like a local disk Google search engine. It is your ideal desktop search tool.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Mac
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