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    FSearch

    A fast file search utility for GNU/Linux based on GTK+3

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    What is 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 application is still in beta stage, but its first release is expected as soon as localization support has been added

    Features

    * Instant (as you type) results
    * Wildcard support
    * RegEx support
    * Filter support (only search for files, folders or everything)
    * Include and exclude specific folders to be indexed
    * Ability to exclude certain files/folders from index using wildcard expressions
    * Fast sort by filename, path, size or modification time
    * Customizable interface (e.g. switch between traditional UI with menubar and client-side decorations)
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    kalligator
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    • Top positive comment  over 3 years ago • 0 replies
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    The closest linux alternative to Everything for Windows.

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    Klamann
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    • Top positive comment  over 4 years ago • 0 replies
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    Decent alternative to "Everything" for Linux. Searching files ist just as fast and convenient, but indexing takes much longer. Still, it's the best tool there is for *nix operating systems so far.

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    rabbiberiishac
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    • Positive comment • 11 months ago • 0 replies
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    If you've used Search Everything by voidtools on windows and you're looking for an alternative on Linux then: THIS IS IT.

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    abhishekdivekar
    Comment • almost 5 years ago • 0 replies
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    Insanely fast. Exactly like Everything Search on Windows

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    Categories

    File Management • Online Services

    Tags

    • find-files
    • Search Engine
    • finder
    • search-tool
    • regular-expressions
    • regexp

    Lists containing FSearch

    Linux Apps •  Productive Daily-use Linux Setup
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    Links and Download

     Official Website

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    Summary

    Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about FSearch, and it has gotten 45 likes

    • Developed by Christian Boxdoerfer
    • Open Source and Free product.
    • Average rating of 4.3
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    FSearch was added to AlternativeTo by wilt on Dec 4, 2016 and this page was last updated Oct 19, 2020.

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