Found AlternativesApplication Launchers & File Search Utilities like Found

Found is described as 'Provides a lightning-fast, intuitive search experience that finds files across your Mac and personal cloud services, including Dropbox, Google Drive/Docs, and Gmail (attachments)' and is a application launcher in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Found for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPhone and Google Chrome apps. The best Found alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Found are Alfred, Fluent Search, ueli and Filezo.

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  1. Everything icon
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    An administrative tool that finds files and folders by filename instantly, displaying all files on local or network drives. Supports filters, 19 languages, portable usage, lightweight resource consumption, no tracking, and dark mode.

    115 Everything alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Everything is the most popular Windows alternative to Found.

    • Everything is the most popular free alternative to Found.

    • Everything is Free and ProprietaryFound is also Free and Proprietary
    • Everything is Lightweight and Privacy focusedFound is not according to our users
  2. Alfred icon
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    Alfred is a productivity application for macOS, which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords and text expansion. Search your Mac and the web, and control your Mac using custom actions with the Powerpack.

    131 Alfred alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Alfred is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Found.

    • Alfred is Freemium and ProprietaryFound is Free and Proprietary
    • Alfred is CustomizableFound is not according to our users
  3. Fluent Search icon
     43 likes
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    Fluent Search is a fast and easy-to-use search application that lets you search for running applications, browser tabs, bookmarks, files, and more. Unlike Windows Start Menu, Fluent Search focuses on continuing existing work, it let you jump easily between running application...

    123 Fluent Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. ueli icon
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    Developed with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an icon in the system tray at startup, where it sits silently throughout its runtime, without disturbing you with...

    83 ueli alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • ueli is the most popular Linux alternative to Found.

    • ueli is the most popular Open Source alternative to Found.

    • ueli is Free and Open SourceFound is Free and Proprietary
  5. Filezo icon
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    Filezo (Formerly known as RecentX) is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders & programs. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    298 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Filezo is the most popular commercial alternative to Found.

    • Filezo is Paid and ProprietaryFound is Free and Proprietary
  6. SOL icon
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    If you ever liked tools like Raycast and Alfred, but wanted to own them and tweak them yourself, then SOL is the tool for you. All the affordances of complex tools now made open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. XMenu icon
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    XMenu adds one or more global menus to the right side of the menu bar. They give you access to your preferred applications, folders, documents, files, and snippets. Launch any application, or insert text snippets or URLs into your email messages or Pages documents with a single...

    79 XMenu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Charmstone icon
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    The quicker switcher launcher for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    What the software delivered here does is to connect up Explorer with the originally intended support for storing metadata as properties in NTFS in alternate streams in files. If programs had tag lines, then this one’s would be ‘Meta late than never’.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. eesel icon
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    All your Google Docs, Notion pages and other work documents, right in your new tab.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
    • eesel is the most popular Web-based alternative to Found.

    • eesel is Free and ProprietaryFound is also Free and Proprietary
    • eesel is Lightweight, Customizable and Privacy focusedFound is not according to our users
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