Listary
Listary is a revolutionary search utility for Windows that makes finding your files and launching applications blazing fast, for casual and power users alike!.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Pay once)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
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- File Explorer
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Customizable
Features
- Fast file and folder search
Windows Explorer Extension- Integrated Search
- File Search
- Application Launchers
- Ad-free
- Quick Switch
- Fuzzy Finder
- No registration required
- Content Searching
- Full-Text Search
- Portable
Export to Excel
Tags
- browsing
Listary News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
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What is Listary?
With Listary you’ll never have to go through the tedious process of browsing through folders, looking for the right file names and hunting through Windows’ limited menus ever again.
Listary puts smart search technology at your fingertips so you can keep working without dealing with cumbersome native Windows navigation.
With a lightweight interface that doesn’t bog your system down and strain system resources, Listary puts Windows Explorer on steroids.
For power users, Listary integrates with your favorite tools such as Total Commander, Directory Opus, XYplorer, Xplorer2, WinRAR, FileZilla and many more!
With just a few clicks you can quickly and easily:
- Search the entire disk drive from any window or folder
- Quickly find any file you need with a few short key strokes
- Instantly find & launch programs with a quick keyboard command
- Copy or move files to any folder from any folder with easy context menu commands
- Open a file with a specific program from anywhere
- Instantly jump from file manager to a target folder with a simple key command
- Create a Favorites list of commonly used files and apps for fast access
- Right-Click any search result for a robust Action+Context menu
- Quickly browse your recent app and file history to continue working where you left off
- Search the web with Listary’s keyword query engine
Listary information
Developed by
Bopsoft Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $20 + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 4.3Alternatives
116 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
This is a really nice app that makes your browsing of folders quicker - just start typing! - I use this app all the time!
Update here 11 years later: I still use it all the time - we are definitely at 5 stars now!
Launches instantly! Excellent search engine. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to select a collection of files from one of its results and copy them all together, or do anything else with them collectively. I can do this with Everything.
I put only 3 stars for the moment and may change this but Listary’s development is very unusual. I pay for Pro version (dec 2022) and features listed on site’s page… don’t exist for the moment ! The most evident is theming
Listary is a very interesting (and ambitious) search/launch utility. It can be integrated in your favorite files manager (XYplorer for me), you can use it Windows Explorer, you can speed Open file action in every program with Explorer synchronization. You can add shortcuts for files or programs or use Fuzzy Search. You can manage a Favorites list and call it everywhere through a shortcut. You can preview images. Pro version added more advanced search - files in a chosen directory by example.
The Bad : documentation is not complete for v6 and you need the forum to discover how it works. You need some learning to master the features. 230 Mo Memory used (35 Mo for Keypirinha) Some announced Pro features are not implemented for the moment (Quick Move a file, it sounds so nice)
If the developer manages to put all announced features, Listary will be a very handy tool that deserves five stars. For the moment, it’s an interesting search utility with some original features. I put only 3 stars because it’s the first time (and I’m an old man) that I see a program that don’t embark all the features promised on site’s page.
The file preview feature in Listary was introduced in version 6.3.0.65 beta, released on February 9, 2024.
To preview an image in Listary, use the Alt + P keyboard shortcut.
You can find any file instantly, or go immediately to a folder in a file browser. You can assign hotkeys to go to a specific folder in the windows explorer, or to execute commands. I couldn't live without it. It's a productivity booster beast.
Listary is great for quickly finding files/launching programs.. However, they don't allow using anything other than the operation drive in the free version, and most of my searching is from a usb drive, so I switched to another launcher. The preview image feature is nice, though requiring remembering the keyword Alt + P. Flow Launcher has that ability by pressing F1. Another uncommon feature may be the option to edit with VS code.
Does it have a web server, like Everything?
Great in many aspects and a great alternative for those coming from macOS using the best launcher on that platform, Launchbar. Let's hope development on Listary may continue some day soon.