The Best Open Source Everything AlternativesTop File Search Utilities and other similar apps like Everything

The best open source alternative to Everything is FSearch. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Everything and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Everything are DocFetcher, Recoll, Cling Fuzzy Finder and EverythingToolbar.

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  1. FSearch icon

    FSearch

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    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.

    87 FSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Comments about FSearch as an Alternative to Everything
    Top Positive Comment
    zahrun
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    It works on Linux and it's fast

    Top Negative Comment
    jondemon
    1

    It's extremely slow indexing compared to Everything.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Is exactly what I was looking for as an alternative to Everything for Linux. Works great

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks FSearch is a great Everything alternative.

    • FSearch is the most popular Linux alternative to Everything.

    • FSearch is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Everything.

    • FSearch is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  2. DocFetcher icon

    DocFetcher

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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.

    129 DocFetcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    This is a file indexer, it is not designed to map complete drives without major configuration changes, it is designed to index the content of some folder's files, including their complete text content not just their existance like Everything does.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Its indexing feature outperforms the other ones

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think DocFetcher is a great Everything alternative.

    • DocFetcher is the most popular Mac alternative to Everything.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  4. Recoll icon

    Recoll

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    This 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.

    44 Recoll alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Recoll as an Alternative to Everything
    renArD
    Negative
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    Recoll indexes file contents, neither Everything Search

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    • Most users think Recoll is a great Everything alternative.

    • Recoll is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  6. EverythingToolbar icon

    EverythingToolbar

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    EverythingToolbar is integration for the Windows taskbar to use "Everything" which is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows.

    It's Lightweight & Simple

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Comments about EverythingToolbar as an Alternative to Everything
    Kris Regina
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    Voidtools Everything is not available for Linux (or macOS), so it doesn't even count as an alternative. Plus, this is more of an extension for the windows taskbar powered by Everything than a genuine alternative.

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    • EverythingToolbar is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
    • EverythingToolbar is CustomizableEverything is not according to our users
  7. Catfish icon

    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.

    33 Catfish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GTK
    • Xfce
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    Comments about Catfish as an Alternative to Everything
    Guest
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    Everything is instant once the drive is indexed which takes seconds on my 5T drive. Catfish is very slow by comparison, having to actually search each time you type something instead of immediately showing all results.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    it's fast and simple to use, you can simply select the drive, add a keyword and start the search.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Catfish is a great Everything alternative.

    • Catfish is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  9. fzf icon

    fzf

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    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go.

    24 fzf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vim
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    alelondon
    Positive
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    well written, easy to learn, clear, fast , effective, forgiving.

    BadTek
    Positive
    0

    Fast cli-tool to search files.

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    • Most users think fzf is a great Everything alternative.

    • fzf is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  10. Gnome Do icon

    Gnome Do

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    GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Comments about Gnome Do as an Alternative to Everything
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    There are mainly 2 big reasons : 1st : It does not find everything (every file) that does exist on your system. 2nd : It is not a tool to find specific files, especially if they are located on other disk drives.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Gnome Do is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  11. Cardinal File Search icon

    Cardinal File Search

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    Quick macOS file searching with substring, prefix, suffix, exact, and path-mixed patterns, case-sensitive or regex search modes, instant language switching, keyboard shortcuts, Quick Look previews, Finder integration, clipboard copy, and open-source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    Indexer++

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Locate32

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    Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Guest
    Positive
    1

    still very good andsimple but effective

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Locate32 is a great Everything alternative.

    • Locate32 is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
  14. ANGRYsearch icon

    ANGRYsearch

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    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

    78 ANGRYsearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    Comments about ANGRYsearch as an Alternative to Everything
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Using AngrySearch on Raspberry PI 3 B+ running Stretch and it is awesome for finding files....really quite fast...just like Search Everything on windows.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Jazoray
    Positive
    0

    Indexed file search of all your files. finds files, folders, paths, and any combination of those

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks ANGRYsearch is a great Everything alternative.

    • ANGRYsearch is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
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