Instant Document Search AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like Instant Document Search

Instant Document Search is described as '"Instant Document Search" is a powerful search solution (like Internet search engines) for your local documents' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Instant Document Search for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Instant Document Search alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Instant Document Search are Keypirinha, FSearch, DocFetcher and Agent Ransack.

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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 Instant Document Search.

    • Everything is the most popular free alternative to Instant Document Search.

    • Everything is Free and ProprietaryInstant Document Search is also Free and Proprietary
    • Everything is Lightweight and Privacy focusedInstant Document Search is not according to our users
  2. FSearch icon
     75 likes
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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 Instant Document Search.

    • FSearch is the most popular Open Source alternative to Instant Document Search.

    • FSearch is Free and Open SourceInstant Document Search is Free and Proprietary
    • FSearch is Lightweight and Privacy focusedInstant Document Search is not according to our users
  3. DocFetcher icon
     129 likes
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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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • DocFetcher is the most popular Mac alternative to Instant Document Search.

    • DocFetcher is Free and Open SourceInstant Document Search is Free and Proprietary
    • DocFetcher is Privacy focusedInstant Document Search is not according to our users
  4. 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

    Application type

    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. 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.

    299 Filezo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Filezo is the most popular commercial alternative to Instant Document Search.

    • Filezo is Paid and ProprietaryInstant Document Search is Free and Proprietary
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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
     
  8. Locate32 icon
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    Locate32 is software which can be used to find files from your harddrives and other locations. It works like updatedb and locate commands in Unix based systems. In other words, it uses databases to store information about directory structures and uses these databases in searches.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. FileLocator icon
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    FileLocator Lite enables you to locate files on your pc. It performs a thorough and quick search for any file you want to find.

    55 FileLocator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. SwiftSearch icon
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    SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need on your Windows machine without ever requiring you to index your drives. Most search utilities that achieve similar speeds do so by indexing drives while the computer is idle, but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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