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. mlocate

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    Indexes filesystems allowing you to search for files.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    mlocate VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  2. Scherlokk icon

    Scherlokk

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    Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SK flagSlovakia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Scherlokk screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Built-in viewer
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Full-Text Search
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  No registration required

    Scherlokk VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  4. FileSearchy icon

    FileSearchy

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    File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FileSearchy screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks

    FileSearchy Features

    1.  Local Search

    FileSearchy VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  5. Indexer++ icon

    Indexer++

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    General View
    Discontinued

    The last release is from March 2018.

    Indexer++ Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Filtering

    Indexer++ VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  6. Lookeen Desktop Search icon

    Lookeen Desktop Search

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    A fast and next-generation desktop search and productivity tool for standard and virtual desktops, for private and enterprise search requirements. Finds documents, outlook archives and e-mails, contacts, appointments, folders, etc.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Outlook
    Lookeen Desktop Search screenshot 1

    Lookeen Desktop Search Features

    1.  Indexed search
    2.  Outlook search

    Lookeen Desktop Search VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  7. fzy icon

    fzy

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    fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Vim
    fzy screenshot 1

    fzy Features

    1.  Full-Text Search

    fzy VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  9. Find Any File icon

    Find Any File

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    Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though). As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:

    81 Find Any File alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Main Search Window

    Find Any File Features

    1.  Search and Replace

    Find Any File VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  10. Drill icon

    Drill

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    Search files without indexing, but clever crawling.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Drill screenshot 1

    Drill Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode

    Drill VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  11. VX Search icon

    VX Search

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    VX Search is an automated, rule-based file search solution allowing one to search files by the file type, category, file name, size, location, extension, regular expressions, text and binary patterns, creation, modification and last access dates, EXIF tags, etc.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main interface

    VX Search Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Rule based

    VX Search VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  12. CSearcher icon

    CSearcher

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    CSearcher is a simple and fast free non-indexing search program.

    Searching computer files and folders is rather common for every PC user daily. Using standard Windows Explorer solution for this has many disavantages: it's slow, uses lots of RAM and many times it does not fin.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • PT flagPortugal
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    CSearcher screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    This software hasn't been updated since October 2018.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    4.  Search History
    5.  Non-Indexing search
    6.  Export to HTML
    7.  Export to XML
    8.  Export to CSV

    CSearcher VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  13. KFind icon

    KFind

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    KFind can be used as a standalone search tool, launched by KRunner or from your menu. It is also integrated into Konqueror as "Find File" in the "Tools" menu. It allows you to find files by name, type or content.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    KFind screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free

    KFind VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  14. BareGrep icon

    BareGrep

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    A free file finding and text searching tool:

    • Regular expression text search
    • High performance search algorithm
    • Wildcard and regular expression file search
    • Recursive directory search
    • Save, name and manage text search patterns
    • Interactive, incremental search
    • Ext.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window

    BareGrep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    BareGrep VS GNOME Search Tool

     
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