GNOME Search Tool Alternatives

GNOME Search Tool is described as 'Gnome-search-tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to GNOME Search Tool for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best GNOME Search Tool alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like GNOME Search Tool are Listary, DocFetcher, FSearch and Recoll.

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GNOME Search Tool alternatives page was last updated Aug 22, 2024
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  1. Anytxt Desktop Search icon

    Anytxt Desktop Search

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    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.

    68 Anytxt Desktop Search alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Anytxt Desktop Search screenshot 1

    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 VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  2. WinFindr icon

    WinFindr

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    WinFindr is an easy to use, yet powerful data searching tool for Windows. WinFindr allows you to search for files, folders, registry keys and registry entries with multiple search terms at the same time.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WinFindr screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Portable
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Ad-free

    WinFindr VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  4. RecentX icon

    RecentX

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    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.

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IN flagIndia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RecentX screenshot 1

    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 VS GNOME Search Tool

     

    • RecentX is the most popular commercial alternative to GNOME Search Tool.

    • RecentX is Paid and ProprietaryGNOME Search Tool is Free and Open Source
  5. Spotlight icon

    Spotlight

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    Spotlight is the system-wide desktop search feature built into Apple's OS X operating system since version 10.4 (Tiger). Backed by an index of all items and files on the system, it's designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer...

    84 Spotlight alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Spotlight screenshot 1

    Spotlight Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  File preview

    Spotlight VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  6. Direct Folders icon

    Direct Folders

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    Access your folders from anywhere.

    111 Direct Folders alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
    Direct Folders screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Quick Switch
    3.  Folders

    Direct Folders VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  7. Search Monkey icon

    Search Monkey

     35 likes
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    A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.

    79 Search Monkey alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Search Monkey screenshot 1

    Search Monkey Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Content Searching
    3.  Content preview
    4.  Real-Time Search

    Search Monkey VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  9. WizFile icon

    WizFile

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    WizFile is a rapid file search utility. Search for files on your hard drive by name and get the results almost instantly.

    22 WizFile alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WizFile screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Fast file and folder search

    WizFile VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  10. Locate32 icon

    Locate32

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    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.

    71 Locate32 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FI flagFinland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Locate32 screenshot 1
    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 Features

    1.  Auto Indexing

    Locate32 VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  11. TextSeek icon

    TextSeek

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    TextSeek is a professional full-text desktop search tool for Windows and MacOS. It supports PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF and other formats.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    TextSeek screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Portable
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No registration required
    7.  In-document search

    TextSeek VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  12. EasyFind icon

    EasyFind

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    EasyFind is an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight to find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing.

    56 EasyFind alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    EasyFind screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Full-Text Search

    EasyFind VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  13. SwiftSearch icon

    SwiftSearch

     21 likes
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    SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SwiftSearch screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Persistent Linux
    3.  Support for regular expressions

    SwiftSearch VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  14. ANGRYsearch icon

    ANGRYsearch

     10 likes
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    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    ANGRYsearch screenshot 1

    ANGRYsearch Features

    1.  Indexed search

    ANGRYsearch VS GNOME Search Tool

     
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