FileLocator AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like FileLocator

FileLocator is described as 'Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to FileLocator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Microsoft Outlook and File Explorer apps. The best FileLocator alternative is DocFetcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FileLocator are GCstar, Agent Ransack, Clapgrep and AstroGrep.

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FileLocator alternatives page was last updated Oct 3, 2024
  1. DocFetcher icon
     123 likes

    DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.

    121 DocFetcher alternatives
    Filter panel and preview panel enabled

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top DocFetcher Features

    1.  Search-in-files
    2.  File content indexing
    3.  Indexed search
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Content Searching
    6.  Portable
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Shared Folders
    9.  Reads odt files
    10.  Network Scanner
    11.  Search in Archives
    DocFetcher iconFileLocator Icon

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    • DocFetcher is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FileLocator.

    • DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FileLocator.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceFileLocator is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. GCstar icon
     105 likes

    GCstar is a free open source application for managing your collections. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the internet and you can store additional data, such as the location or who you've lent it to.

    98 GCstar alternatives
    Movies

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GCstar Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    3.  Cross-Platform
    4.  Book Manager
    GCstar iconFileLocator Icon

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  3. Agent Ransack icon
     109 likes

    Agent 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!

    74 Agent Ransack alternatives
    Search results, showing the contents view docked below the file list view:

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Agent Ransack Features

    1.  File Search
    2.  Search-in-files
    3.  Context Menu extension
    4.  Outlook search
    5.  Ad-free
    Agent Ransack iconFileLocator Icon

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  4. Clapgrep icon
     5 likes

    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…

    52 Clapgrep alternatives
    Clapgrep screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Content Searching
    7.  File content indexing
    8.  Advanced searching
    Clapgrep iconFileLocator Icon

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  5. AstroGrep icon
     33 likes

    AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice for looking at source code.

    38 AstroGrep alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Portable
    4.  Graphical User Interface
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    AstroGrep iconFileLocator Icon

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  6. dnGREP icon
     41 likes

    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File...

    56 dnGREP alternatives
    Main Screen

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Support for regular expressions
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Full-Text Search
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No registration required
    dnGREP iconFileLocator Icon

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  7. 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
    Anytxt Desktop Search  screenshot 1

    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  iconFileLocator Icon

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  8. 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
    SearchMyFiles screenshot 1

    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 iconFileLocator Icon

    SearchMyFiles VS FileLocator

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  9. 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
    RecentX screenshot 1

    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 iconFileLocator Icon

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    • RecentX is the most popular commercial alternative to FileLocator.

    • RecentX is Paid and ProprietaryFileLocator is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. 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 iconFileLocator Icon

    Search Monkey VS FileLocator

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    Comments about Search Monkey as an Alternative to FileLocator
     
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    In its basic usage and display of search results are identical to FileLocator.

    Positive commentMar 21, 2021
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    • Search Monkey is Free and Open SourceFileLocator is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. 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 iconFileLocator Icon

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  12. 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 iconFileLocator Icon

    Locate32 VS FileLocator

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