Free dtsearch AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like dtsearch

The best free alternative to dtsearch is DocFetcher, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to dtsearch and nine of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to dtsearch are Clapgrep, Anytxt Desktop Search , FileLocator and File Brain.

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  1. DocFetcher icon
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    DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application: It allows you to search the contents of files on your computer. — You can think of it as Google for your local files. The application runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.

    128 DocFetcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Clapgrep icon
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    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…

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  3. AnyTXT 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.

    68 Anytxt Desktop Search alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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    Anytxt Desktop Search vs dtsearch Comments
    Paulo Castro Oliveira
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    1. The resources used in the system, in the indexing process (mainly at the CPU level) are immense (always above 25% CPU utilization).
    2. the indexing process has no option to work in an "intelligent" way, e.g., when the system is in an "idle" situation.
    3. Indexing takes an infinite amount of time, more than overnight
    4. The indexing database is one of the largest among the indexing programs I have tested 5.Over the years I have tested different versions, but the result is always the same!
    • Anytxt Desktop Search is Free and Proprietarydtsearch is Paid and Proprietary
    • Anytxt Desktop Search is Lightweightdtsearch is not according to our users
  4. FileLocator icon
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    FileLocator Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find.

    55 FileLocator alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. File Brain icon
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    File Brain is a desktop application that helps you find files instantly using natural language. Instead of remembering exact filenames, you can ask questions like "flight ticket invoice", and File Brain uses semantic search to understand the meaning and show the...

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Lemur Project icon
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    The Lemur Project develops search engines, browser toolbars, text analysis tools, and data resources that support research and development of information retrieval and text mining software. The project is best known for its Indri search engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Search Text In Files is an easy-to-use file search application for your computer. Search through plain-text files and PDF files using simple queries and this tool will quickly list the requested files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Ambar icon
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    Ambar is a smart documents archive with automated crawling, OCR, deduplication and ultra-fast full-text search. Imagine having billion of files in different formats like xls, doc, txt, pdf, ppt, etc..., in any encoding.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  9. Exalead Desktop Search Instantly locates any document stored on local resources like internal and external hard drives, network drives and USB keys .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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