mlocate Alternatives

mlocate is described as 'Indexes filesystems allowing you to search for files' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to mlocate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and GNOME apps. The best mlocate alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like mlocate are Keypirinha, FSearch, DocFetcher and Cling Fuzzy Finder.

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  1. ANGRYsearch icon
     10 likes

    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. fd icon
     8 likes

    A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    fd vs mlocate Comments
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    No need to update a database for it and it is more intuitive to use.

    • fd is Free and Open Sourcemlocate is also Free and Open Source
    • fd is Lightweightmlocate is not according to our users
  3. Scherlokk icon
     6 likes

    Performs high-speed file searches using a proprietary engine across built-in, portable, and network drives, including hidden and non-indexed files, supports detailed result filtering, provides file comparison, hex editing, autosave, advanced sorting, and multitasking.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. FileSearchy icon
     37 likes

    File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. The GNU Find Utilities are the basic directory searching utilities of the GNU operating system. These programs are typically used in conjunction with other programs to provide modular and powerful directory search and file locating capabilities to other commands.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. CSearcher icon
     5 likes

    CSearcher is a simple and fast free non-indexing search program.

    Searching computer files and folders is rather common for every PC user daily. Using standard Windows Explorer solution for this has many disavantages: it's slow, uses lots of RAM and many times it does not fin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. MasterSeeker icon
     10 likes

    MasterSeeker is software to search and find files in your pc lightning fast.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. X1 Search icon
     10 likes

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

    75 X1 Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Advanced Recent Access is designed to see more properties of your recent used resources (files and directories). Key features: can see more properties of the recent resources, such as path, size, type, date modified and date created. And more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. DocSearch+ icon
     2 likes

    Very powerful index-based search tool for mobile. Support for boolean, proximity search & stemming. Filter by filetype & date. Context text (configurable length) shown for content matches. Granular control over index creation & maintenance.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  11.  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
     
  12. FileSearchEX icon
     5 likes

    FileSearchEX is the no nonsense file search utility for Windows 7 and higher. It offers the simplified search interface like Windows XP yet in an updated and modern fashion. Unlike other search tools, FileSearchEX works well with limited account permissions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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