Locate32 Alternatives

Locate32 is described as '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' and is a popular File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Locate32 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and Microsoft Outlook apps. The best Locate32 alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Locate32 are FSearch, DocFetcher, Cling Fuzzy Finder and UltraSearch.

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  1. AIKIN is a powerful new desktop search that can find item names and content using advanced pattern recognition and semantic awareness, that doesn't require the user to always know exactly how something was named or written.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Make a change immediately in many files, add new text or new links in various webpages, change descriptions, key words and other metatags, repair inactive links, and redesign and optimize pages for search...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Wise JetSearch can help you search files or folders on all your local drives in just a few seconds. Input your keywords, select the drive and then start to search. After searching, Wise JetSearch will show you the searching results such as file/folder name, path, size and last...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. TheSearchMan is a free tool which searches your hard drives for files. It is:

    1. Blazingly fast. (Searches 50 GB drive in 1 second!)
    2. Small. (Just 35 KB download!)
    3. Multi-threaded. (Your computer never hangs!)
    4. Portable(which means No Installations Required!)
    5. Very simple.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Mira Search icon
     2 likes

    Local-first desktop app for Mac offering plain English search across file names, metadata, and document contents. Uses semantic ranking, previews, live indexing, and keeps all processing local for privacy. Optional API-based semantic search can be enabled.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Replacement for Windows built-in search. Search files, folders and other data efficiently and easily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Find files fast across folders, drives, disks and machines and emails in MS Outlook, find duplicates. Attach labels, bookmarks and comments, automatic backup, synchronize, messaging. Tag Web pages while downloading. Share labels with others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Generate file list of all files with specific name pattern, extension, properties and attributes, as well as text and binary content by recursively scanning specified directories and searching for matching files. Copy and rename found files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. BareGrep icon
     13 likes

    A free file finding and text searching tool:

    • Regular expression text search
    • High performance search algorithm
    • Wildcard and regular expression file search
    • Recursive directory search
    • Save, name and manage text search patterns
    • Interactive, incremental search
    • Ext.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10.  5 likes

    This tool enables users to search their NTFS formatted harddrives within seconds. It uses the MFT (master file table) of NTFS to search for files very fast.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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