Alternatives to NTFS-Search for all platforms with any license

Everything

"Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows. Unlike Windows search "Everything" initially...

Free Windows
File-search Data export/import File-search Portable Add a feature

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DocFetcher

DocFetcher 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 it as...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux
Search-in-files File-search Indexed search Portability on many OS ... Portable Semantic Search Add a feature

78 Like
Locate32

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
Auto Indexing File-search Add a feature

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- Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 3.1.11.8220a, released in May 2015, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
RecentX

RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your...

Commercial Windows
Program Launcher File-search Bookmark History Clipboard monitoring ... Drag n drop Duplicate Files Finder Windows Explorer integration File tagging Folder-Search Folder Tagging Indexed search Local Search Portable Image Preview Tabbed interface Tag based Add a feature

92 Like
Recoll

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 OS X Windows Linux BSD
File-search Indexed search Search-in-files File preview ... File-search Full text search Low memory usage Semantic Search Add a feature

29 Like
Catfish

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 GTK+ Xfce PyGTK
Autocompletion File-search Add a feature

26 Like
EasyFind

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 OS X
File-search Add a feature

26 Like
Searchmonkey

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

21 Like
- Discontinued Not updated since May 2010. Website doesn't work either.
FSearch

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. Note: The...

Free Open Source Linux
Indexed search Support for regular expressions File-search Add a feature

18 Like
UltraSearch

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

15 Like
SearchMyFiles

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 Non-Indexing search Portable ... USB drives Add a feature

26 Like
SwiftSearch

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...

Free Open Source Windows
File-search Persistent Linux Add a feature

12 Like
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FileSearchy

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

35 Like
- Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks
Index Your Files

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 Portable Add a feature

15 Like
- 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.
FileSeek

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 Portable Add a feature

17 Like