InSight Desktop Search Alternatives

InSight Desktop Search is described as '"InSight Desktop Search" is a search engine that keeps track of all the files in your system and makes sure that you can access your files/folders easily and quickly. It is more than just a search engine, it’s also a music jukebox,that features ability to search for' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to InSight Desktop Search for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Microsoft Outlook and Web-based apps. The best InSight Desktop Search alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like InSight Desktop Search are Keypirinha, FSearch, DocFetcher and GCstar.

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  1. Everything icon
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    An administrative tool that finds files and folders by filename instantly, displaying all files on local or network drives. Supports filters, 19 languages, portable usage, lightweight resource consumption, no tracking, and dark mode.

    115 Everything alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
    • Everything is the most popular Windows alternative to InSight Desktop Search.

    • Everything is the most popular free alternative to InSight Desktop Search.

    • Everything is Free and ProprietaryInSight Desktop Search is also Free and Proprietary
    • Everything is Lightweight and Privacy focusedInSight Desktop Search is not according to our users
  2. FSearch icon
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    FSearch is a fast file search utility for GNU/Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It's written in C and based on GTK+3.

    87 FSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • FSearch is the most popular Linux alternative to InSight Desktop Search.

    • FSearch is the most popular Open Source alternative to InSight Desktop Search.

    • FSearch is Free and Open SourceInSight Desktop Search is Free and Proprietary
    • FSearch is Lightweight and Privacy focusedInSight Desktop Search is not according to our users
  3. DocFetcher icon
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    DocFetcher is an Open Source desktop search application: It allows you to search the contents of files on your computer. — You can think of it as Google for your local files. The application runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, and is made available under the Eclipse Public License.

    129 DocFetcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • DocFetcher is the most popular Mac alternative to InSight Desktop Search.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceInSight Desktop Search is Free and Proprietary
    • DocFetcher is Privacy focusedInSight Desktop Search is not according to our users
  4. GCstar icon
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    Desktop application to manage of various types of collections (books, comics, films, TV shows, music, games, wines, stamp, coins, etc...).

    100 GCstar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Agent Ransack icon
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    Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack also displays the text found. Users can then quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!

    77 Agent Ransack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Quick macOS file searching with substring, prefix, suffix, exact, and path-mixed patterns, case-sensitive or regex search modes, instant language switching, keyboard shortcuts, Quick Look previews, Finder integration, clipboard copy, and open-source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Filezo icon
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    Filezo (Formerly known as RecentX) is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders & programs. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.

    298 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Filezo is the most popular commercial alternative to InSight Desktop Search.

    • Filezo is Paid and ProprietaryInSight Desktop Search is Free and Proprietary
  8. SearchMyFiles icon
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    SearchMyFiles is a non-indexing portable alternative to the standard "Search For Files And Folders" module of Windows. It allows you to easily search files in your system by wildcard, by last modified/created/last accessed time, by file attributes, by file content...

    111 SearchMyFiles alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index size limit in the free version.

    83 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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