Alternatives to FilesSearch Tool for all platforms with any license

Everything

"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially...

Free Windows
File Searching Data export/import File Searching Music Discovery ... Portable Support for regular expressions Add a feature

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DocFetcher

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Search-in-files Indexed search File Searching Portable ... Search in Archives Semantic Search Shared folders Add a feature

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Agent Ransack

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...

Freemium Windows
Context Menu extension File Searching Outlook search Search-in-files Add a feature

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Locate32

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...
- 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.
Free Open Source Windows
Auto Indexing File Searching Add a feature

80 Like
RecentX

RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your...

Commercial Windows
Program Launchers File Searching Bookmark History Clipboard monitoring ... Drag n drop Duplicate File Finder Windows Explorer integration File Tagging Folder-Search Folder Tagging Indexed search Local Search Portable Image Preview Tabbed interface Tag based Add a feature

95 Like
FSearch

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. Note: The...

Free Open Source Linux
Indexed search Support for regular expressions File Searching Add a feature

27 Like
Searchmonkey

A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories. Written in Gtk2 it is highly...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD
Content Searching File Searching Portable Add a feature

25 Like
UltraSearch

UltraSearch searches files and folders on local NTFS drives and provides the results within just a few seconds. UltraSearch does NOT maintain an index which is stored...

Free Windows
File Searching Add a feature

21 Like
Catfish

Catfish is a versatile file searching tool. Catfish is a search GUI powered by locate and find behind the scenes, with autocompletion from Zeitgeist and locate. The...

Free Open Source Linux GTK+ Xfce PyGTK
Autocompletion File Searching Add a feature

27 Like
FileLocator

FileLocator Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find. It is a free reduced functionality...

Freemium Windows
Support for 64 bit Support for Double-byte languages File Searching Support for Multiple threads ... Support for regular expressions Add a feature

27 Like
EasyFind

Think Mac OS Xs Spotlight could use some help? Download EasyFind, an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight and find files, folders, or contents in any file without...

Free Mac
File Searching Add a feature

29 Like
SearchMyFiles

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...

Free Windows
File Searching Local Search Non-Indexing search Portable Add a feature

27 Like
Cathy

An extremly small, very fast and easy to use media cataloging tool. You can use it to index files stored on removable media (CDs, DVDs or even diskettes), hard disks or...
- Discontinued Last version to v2.31.3 in 2013-10-03 still for windows xp
Free Windows
No features added Add a feature

30 Like
Indexer++

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

Free Open Source Windows
Command line interface File Searching Add a feature

9 Like
Lookeen Desktop Search

A fast and next-generation desktop search and productivity tool for standard and virtual desktops, for private and enterprise search requirements. Finds documents...

Freemium Windows Microsoft Office Outlook
File Searching Indexed search Outlook search Add a feature

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