Open Source Everything Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Everything for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is DocFetcher. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Everything and 16 are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to Everything are Recoll, EverythingToolbar, fzf and Indexer++.

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  1. 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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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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.

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    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
  2. 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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Recoll as an Alternative to Everything
    renArD
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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
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    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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    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
  5. fzf icon

    fzf

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    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go.

    24 fzf alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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

    BadTek
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    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
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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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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  7. Locate32 icon

    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

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    • Windows
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    Guest
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    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
  9. Search Monkey icon

    Search Monkey

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    A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.

    81 Search Monkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    MUCH slower than Everything.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    Search monkey works almost as well on Ubuntu

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think Search Monkey is a great Everything alternative, some don't.

    • Search Monkey is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
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    SwiftSearch

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    SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Comments about SwiftSearch as an Alternative to Everything
    altmltky
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    Pros: doesnt need to index, fast, open source. Cons: doesn show indicator of how many files are selected, also doesnt sort properly as the folders and files are mix-shown no matter how clicking on the sort by name, also doesnt have rename button in the context menu when you right click on a file. These are very unfortunate cons as I really loved its fast and indexless work

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    • Almost everyone thinks SwiftSearch is a great Everything alternative.

    • SwiftSearch is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary

  12. NTFS-Search

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    This tool enables users to search their NTFS formatted harddrives within seconds. It uses the MFT (master file table) of NTFS to search for files very fast.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    SMF – Search my Files

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    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 reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  14. Office Search icon

    Office Search

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    Search inside Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio), Libre Office, Rich Text Format and text/ASCII files (TXT/CSV/MD/source codes etc.).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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