Everything Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Everything for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Listary, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Everything and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Everything are Agent Ransack, DocFetcher, Recoll and UltraSearch.

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"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially displays every file and folder on local or removable...

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Everything alternatives page was last updated Sep 8, 2024
  1. SearchMyFiles icon
     35 likes

    SearchMyFiles is a non-indexing portable alternative to the standard "Search For Files And Folders" module of Windows. It allows you to easily search files in your system by wildcard, by last modified/created/last accessed time, by file attributes, by file content...

    99 SearchMyFiles alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Local Search
    2.  Portable
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  Non-Indexing search
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Network Scanner
    SearchMyFiles iconEverything Icon

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  2. WizFile icon
     13 likes

    WizFile is a rapid file search utility. Search for files on your hard drive by name and get the results almost instantly.

    20 WizFile alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Fast file and folder search
    WizFile iconEverything Icon

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  3. RecentX icon
     106 likes

    RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    284 RecentX alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top RecentX Features

    1.  File Tagging
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Portable
    4.  Tagging
    5.  Indexed search
    6.  Folder-Search
    7.  Tabbed interface
    8.  Clipboard monitoring
    9.  Image Preview
    10.  Tag based
    11.  Folder Tagging
    12.  Bookmark History
    RecentX iconEverything Icon

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  4. Indexer++ icon
     13 likes

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

    23 Indexer++ alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Indexer++ Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Filtering
    Discontinued

    The last release is from March 2018.

    Indexer++ iconEverything Icon

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  5. Anytxt Desktop Search  icon
     13 likes

    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.

    65 Anytxt Desktop Search alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Real-Time Search
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Outlook search
    Anytxt Desktop Search  iconEverything Icon

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  6. Copernic Desktop Search icon
     36 likes

    Instantly find documents, e-mails(full text), attachments, videos, pictures, music(metadata), and other types of files(file names). The size limit of the index of the free version is 75,000.

    77 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives
    Copernic Desktop Search screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Copernic Desktop Search Features

    1.  OCR
    2.  Outlook search
    3.  PDF OCR
    4.  Indexed search
    Copernic Desktop Search iconEverything Icon

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  7. WinFindr icon
     3 likes

    WinFindr is an easy to use, yet powerful data searching tool for Windows. WinFindr allows you to search for files, folders, registry keys and registry entries with multiple search terms at the same time.

    9 WinFindr alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Portable
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Ad-free
    WinFindr iconEverything Icon

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  8. Search Monkey icon
     35 likes

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

    76 Search Monkey alternatives
    Search Monkey screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Search Monkey Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Content Searching
    3.  Content preview
    4.  Real-Time Search
    Search Monkey iconEverything Icon

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    Comments about Search Monkey as an Alternative to Everything
     
    Guest

    MUCH slower than Everything.

    Negative commentOct 19, 2017
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    Guest

    Search monkey works almost as well on Ubuntu

    Positive commentJun 19, 2015
    0
    Everything Icon
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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
  9. Locate32 icon
     83 likes

    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.

    69 Locate32 alternatives
    Locate32 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Locate32 Features

    1.  Auto Indexing
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 3.1.11.8220a, released in May 2015, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    Locate32 iconEverything Icon

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    Comments about Locate32 as an Alternative to Everything
     
    Guest

    still very good andsimple but effective

    Positive commentAug 5, 2018
    1
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    • Most users think Locate32 is a great Everything alternative.

    • Locate32 is Free and Open SourceEverything is Free and Proprietary
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