Lookeen Desktop Search Alternatives

Apps similar to Lookeen Desktop Search include FSearch, which is free and open source. Other options are Listary, DocFetcher, Agent Ransack and Recoll. There's no shortage of File Search Utilities like Lookeen Desktop Search, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android.

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  1. 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.

    65 Cardinal File Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  2. BeaconFind icon
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    Semantic desktop search finds files, emails, and photos by meaning, running AI models locally on Windows. Supports 70+ file types, OCR image search, 50+ languages, instant document previews, AI chat, duplicate detection, and encrypted, private indexing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. DeepPeek icon
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    Seek, peek, and preview to find your work instantly — even if it's buried in folders, or you've lost track of it over the months.

    68 DeepPeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Cross-platform desktop search application offering rapid full-text and regular expression search, recursive folder filtering, result highlighting, large file support, and a lightweight native UI built with Tauri and powered by ripgrep, ideal for complex codebases.

    84 Searchmonkey III alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. dnGREP icon
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    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File...

    59 dnGREP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. FileLocator icon
     36 likes

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

    57 FileLocator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. SearchMyFiles icon
     35 likes

    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...

    119 SearchMyFiles alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. FileMinutes icon
     4 likes

    Enables rapid file search by name or content, intuitive keyboard navigation, integrated file actions, direct Finder window and tab management, instant results, saved recent searches, data privacy with no tracking, and Apple Notarized safety for secure macOS use.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Locate32 icon
     82 likes

    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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. TextSeek icon
     10 likes

    TextSeek is a professional full-text desktop search tool for Windows and MacOS. It supports PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF and other formats.

    110 TextSeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  11. X1 Search icon
     10 likes

    X1 offers next generation enterprise search, eDiscovery and desktop search for traditional and virtual environments

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. SwiftSearch icon
     21 likes

    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...

    79 SwiftSearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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