737 Like Everything Good alternative? YES NO "Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially... Free Windows File-search Add a feature
71 Like DocFetcher Good alternative? YES NO DocFetcher 1.1 is a portable German/English Open Source desktop search application. It allows you search the contents of documents on your computer. - You can think of... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux File-search Indexed search Search-in-files Semantic Search Add a feature
74 Like Locate32 Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Windows File-search Add a feature
86 Like RecentX Good alternative? YES NO RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your... Commercial Windows Clipboard monitoring File-search File tagging Tabbed interface Add a feature
22 Like regain Good alternative? YES NO Search the contents of your files not just the file names. regain is a search engine similar to web search engines like Google, with the difference that you don't... Free Open Source Windows Linux Self-Hosted Indexed search Search-in-files Add a feature
22 Like Catfish Good alternative? YES NO Catfish is a versatile file searching tool. Catfish is a search GUI powered by locate and find behind the scenes, with autocompletion from Zeitgeist and locate. The... Free Open Source Linux Xfce Autocompletion File-search Add a feature
25 Like EasyFind Good alternative? YES NO Think Mac OS Xs Spotlight could use some help? Download EasyFind, an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight and find files, folders, or contents in any file without... Free Mac File-search Add a feature
35 Like FileSearchy Alternative? YES NO 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... Free Personal Windows File-search Local Search Add a feature Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks
19 Like Searchmonkey Good alternative? YES NO A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories. Written in Gtk2 it is highly... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
25 Like SearchMyFiles Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Windows File-search Local Search USB drives Add a feature
13 Like UltraSearch Good alternative? YES NO UltraSearch searches files and folders on local NTFS drives and provides the results within just a few seconds. UltraSearch does NOT maintain an index which is stored... Free Windows File-search Add a feature
23 Like Recoll Good alternative? YES NO This package is a personal full text search package which is based on a very strong backend (Xapian), for which it provides an easy to use and feature-rich interface. ... Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD File-search Indexed search Search-in-files File preview ... File-search Full text search Semantic Search Add a feature
15 Like Index Your Files Alternative? YES NO Index Your Files allows you to search through all your files or folders on local or networked drives without remote admin rights (as necessary for the similar app... Free Windows Linux Wine File-search Add a feature Discontinued The program is no longer updated since 2012. Last version, 5.0.2.6, released in December 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
17 Like FileSeek Good alternative? YES NO FileSeek is an easy-to-use file search app that includes advanced functionality for power users! Search through files using simple queries or regular expressions. You... Free Windows File-search Add a feature
17 Like PowerGREP Good alternative? YES NO Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network using powerful text patterns to find exactly the information you want. Search and replace with plain... Commercial Windows File-search Support for regular expressions Search and replace Add a feature
