Fouine

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Fouine searches the text of every document on your Mac, scanned pages included, and opens the preview at the exact page. Fouine supports hundreds of file formats and lets AI agents help you find your texts.

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Cost / License

Pay once
Source Available

Application type

File Search Utility

Since

New

Updated

Updated Oct 2026

Releases

6 releases last year6 last year

Platforms

Mac

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Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused

Features

Command line interface
No Tracking
No registration required
Built-in viewer
Full-Text Search
Ad-free
No Coding Required
Dark Mode
Works Offline
Citations
File Search

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Recent activities

Paul added Fouine as alternative to Sciwand
16 days ago
Ben liked Fouine
about 2 months ago
basedpolymer added Fouine
about 2 months ago
Paul updated Fouine
about 2 months ago
basedpolymer added Fouine as alternative to FoxTrot Professional Search, DEVONthink, Spotlight and Zotero
about 2 months ago

Fouine information

Developed by
basedpolymer
Licensing
Source Available and Commercial product.
Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $39.
Written in
Swift
Alternatives
5 alternatives listed
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Supported Languages
- English
- French

AlternativeTo Category

File Management

GitHub repository

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0 Forks
0 Open Issues
Updated Oct 23, 2026

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Fouine was added to AlternativeTo by basedpolymer on Sep 18, 2026 and this page was last updated Sep 18, 2026.

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What is Fouine?

Fouine searches the text of every document on your Mac, scanned pages included, and opens the preview at the exact page. Fouine supports hundreds of file formats and lets AI agents help you find your texts.