grepWin Alternatives for Mac

grepWin is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is DocFetcher, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to grepWin and eight of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to grepWin are grep, The Silver Searcher, FAR - Find And Replace and SeaGOAT.

grepWin alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be Text Editors or File Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of grepWin.

grepWin

Free • Open Source
File Search Utility

grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within...

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DocFetcher
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Mac
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Linux
111 DocFetcher alternatives
DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of it as Google for your local document repository.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to grepWin.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to grepWin.
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DocFetcher Features
1. Full-Text SearchDocFetcher lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
2. PortableDocFetcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Built-in viewerDocFetcher shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
4. Shared FoldersDocFetcher supports shared folders that can be used to store, search, and access files with multiple people.
Search-in-files
File content indexing
Indexed search
Content Searching
Reads odt files
Network Scanner
Search in Archives
grep
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Mac
Windows
Linux
Haiku
39 grep alternatives
grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.
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grep Features
Support for regular expressions
The Silver Searcher
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Mac
Linux
BSD
19 The Silver Searcher alternatives
Silver Searcher is a code search tool similar to ack that claims to be much faster. It's implemented in C and has some extra features such as ignoring files per .hignore, .gitignore contents.
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The Silver Searcher Features
1. Command line interfaceThe Silver Searcher either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. LightweightThe Silver Searcher consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Code Search
Support for regular expressions
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FAR - Find And Replace
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
31 FAR - Find And Replace alternatives
FAR is a simple tool for search and replace operations over multiple files. You can apply ordinary "word by word" replacement, or choose to use fully featured regular expressions.
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FAR - Find And Replace Features
1. Works OfflineFAR - Find And Replace can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Ad-freeFAR - Find And Replace doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Multiple files
Search and Replace
Support for regular expressions
SeaGOAT
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Mac
Linux
39 SeaGOAT alternatives
SeaGOAT is an "AI-based" code search engine that you can run on your local computer, or you can run it on your server as a REST API. It can be considered an alternative to grep.
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SeaGOAT Features
Support for regular expressions
Code Search
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iXoft TexFinderX
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
15 iXoft TexFinderX alternatives
TexFinderX is a freeware tool to search and replace text inside entire folders.

TexFinderX is MacOS X, Snow Leopard, Windows XP, Vista and Seven compatible.

Main features Search and replace text - with regular expression or not - in entire folders with the ability to filter de.
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Search and Replace
Support for regular expressions
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Rummage
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
26 Rummage alternatives
Rummage is a cross platform tool for crawling directories and searching and replacing in text files. It is written in Python and uses wxPython for the GUI. Rummage allows for literal or regex searches and has configurations for limiting the files etc.
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Rummage Features
Support for regular expressions
Search and Replace
String Replacer
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
9 String Replacer alternatives
String Replacer for Mac allows to find and replace a list of strings inside files and folders directly or in batch mode. It allows to operate on multiple files using a multiple string couple replacement list. It works with just a single click or using drag and drop.
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String Replacer Features
Search and Replace