Multiple file search & replace Alternatives

Apps similar to Multiple file search & replace include Everything, which is free. Other options are FSearch, DocFetcher, UltraSearch and Catfish. File Search Utilities like Multiple file search & replace are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux and Mac.

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  1. Everything icon
     1309 likes

    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.

    132 Everything alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. FSearch icon
     87 likes

    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.

    92 FSearch alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  3. DocFetcher icon
     133 likes

    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.

    142 DocFetcher alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Catfish icon
     44 likes

    Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

    35 Catfish alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GTK
    • Xfce
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  5. 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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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. 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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  7. 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.

    97 Copernic Desktop Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. 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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. EasyFind icon
     37 likes

    EasyFind is an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight to find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing.

    62 EasyFind alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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