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, FAR - Find And Replace, The Silver Searcher and SeaGOAT.

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grepWin alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be Duplicate File Finders or Text Editors.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of grepWin.
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grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within files. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders.

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grepWin alternatives page was last updated Sep 18, 2023
  1. DocFetcher icon
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    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.

    121 DocFetcher alternatives
    Filter panel and preview panel enabled

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Top DocFetcher Features

    1.  Search-in-files
    2.  File content indexing
    3.  Indexed search
    4.  Full-Text Search
    5.  Content Searching
    6.  Portable
    7.  Built-in viewer
    8.  Shared Folders
    9.  Reads odt files
    10.  Network Scanner
    11.  Search in Archives
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    • DocFetcher is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to grepWin.

    • DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to grepWin.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourcegrepWin is also Free and Open Source
  2. grep icon
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    grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.

    41 grep alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    grep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
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  3. FAR - Find And Replace icon
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    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.

    31 FAR - Find And Replace alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Multiple files
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Batch Rename Files
    7.  Batch Editing
    8.  Portable
    9.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Built-in viewer
    12.  Support for regular expressions
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  4. The Silver Searcher icon
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    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.

    19 The Silver Searcher alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Code Search
    3.  Support for regular expressions
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  5. SeaGOAT icon
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    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.

    39 SeaGOAT alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    SeaGOAT Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    2.  Code Search
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  6. iXoft TexFinderX icon
     1 like

    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.

    15 iXoft TexFinderX alternatives
    Main interface

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    iXoft TexFinderX Features

    1.  Search and Replace
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Drag and Drop
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  7. Rummage icon
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    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.

    26 Rummage alternatives
    Rummage - Search Tab

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Rummage Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    2.  Search and Replace
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  8. String Replacer icon
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    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.

    9 String Replacer alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    String Replacer Features

    1.  Search and Replace
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