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 Apr 14, 2025
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  1. AndroSearch icon

    AndroSearch

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    Search INSIDE documents/files on your device like no other files manager/finder do.

    64 AndroSearch alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    Discontinued

    no new version since 2017no working website anymorehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chocosoft.as&hl=gsw&gl=US

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Search-in-files

    AndroSearch VS GNOME Search Tool

     

    • AndroSearch is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to GNOME Search Tool.

    • AndroSearch is Free and ProprietaryGNOME Search Tool is Free and Open Source
    • AndroSearch is LightweightGNOME Search Tool is not according to our users

  2. Everything.NET

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    Voidtools Everything frontend with beautiful dark mode.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Everything.NET screenshot 1

    Everything.NET Features

    1.  Dark Mode

    Everything.NET VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  4. Tracker icon

    Tracker

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    Tracker is a search engine and that allows the user to find their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their files and search for content in their files too.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Search Bar - The search bar is an applet for GNOME which allows quick access to your data by entering a few search terms. This is the easiest way to find your data:.

    Tracker VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  5. ProFind icon

    ProFind

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    ProFind provides fast and complete searches of any disk, beneath an elegant and extremely powerful interface.

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Indexed search

    ProFind VS GNOME Search Tool

     

    • ProFind is the most popular iPhone alternative to GNOME Search Tool.

    • ProFind is Paid and ProprietaryGNOME Search Tool is Free and Open Source
    • ProFind is LightweightGNOME Search Tool is not according to our users
  6. Advanced Recent Access icon

    Advanced Recent Access

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    Advanced Recent Access is designed to see more properties of your recent used resources (files and directories). Key features: can see more properties of the recent resources, such as path, size, type, date modified and date created. And more.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Advanced Recent Access VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  7. DocSearch+ icon

    DocSearch+

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    Very powerful index-based search tool for mobile. Support for boolean, proximity search & stemming. Filter by filetype & date. Context text (configurable length) shown for content matches. Granular control over index creation & maintenance.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    DocSearch+ screenshot 1

    DocSearch+ Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Built-in viewer
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Search-in-files
    6.  Indexed search

    DocSearch+ VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  9. X1 Search icon

    X1 Search

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    X1 offers next generation enterprise search, eDiscovery and desktop search for traditional and virtual environments

    74 X1 Search alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    X1 Search Diagram

    X1 Search Features

    1.  File content indexing
    2.  Indexed search
    3.  Email tracking
    4.  File preview
    5.  Ediscovery

    X1 Search VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  10. Beagle icon

    Beagle

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    Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Beagle screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.3.9, released on January 2009, can be still downloaded from Gnome repositories

    Beagle VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  11. DawnlightSearch icon

    DawnlightSearch

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    A Linux version of Everything Search Engine. Support fast NTFS indexing. Show instant results as you type.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    DawnlightSearch Features

    1.  Indexed search

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  12. Baloo icon

    Baloo

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    Baloo is not an application, but a daemon to index files. Applications can use the Baloo framework to provide file search results.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Baloo VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  13. Television icon

    Television

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    Blazing fast general purpose fuzzy finder TUI.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Rust
    Television screenshot 1

    Television Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Tui
    5.  Fuzzy Finder

    Television VS GNOME Search Tool

     
  14. Terrier icon

    Terrier

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    Terrier is a highly flexible, efficient, and effective open source search engine, readily deployable on large-scale collections of documents.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Terrier screenshot 1

    Terrier Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    5.  Full-Text Search
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Indexed search

    Terrier VS GNOME Search Tool

     
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