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 Searching Data export/import File Searching Music Discovery ... Portable Support for regular expressions Add a feature

867 Like
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 Windows Linux
Search-in-files Indexed search File Searching Portable ... Search in Archives Semantic Search Shared folders Add a feature

87 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...
- 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.
Free Open Source Windows
Auto Indexing File Searching Add a feature

80 Like
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 Launchers File Searching Bookmark History Clipboard monitoring ... Drag n drop Duplicate File Finder Windows Explorer integration File Tagging Folder-Search Folder Tagging Indexed search Local Search Portable Image Preview Tabbed interface Tag based Add a feature

95 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 Windows Linux BSD
File Searching Indexed search Search-in-files File preview ... File Searching Full text search Low memory usage Outlook and email clients integration Semantic Search Add a feature

36 Like
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 Searching Add a feature

27 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
Content Searching File Searching Portable Add a feature

25 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 Searching Add a feature

21 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 Searching Add a feature

27 Like
EasyFind

EasyFind is an alternative to (or supplement of) Spotlight to find files, folders, or contents in any file without indexing.
- Discontinued The app can still be downloaded on the Mac App Store but it hasn't been updated in 5 years.
Free Mac
File Searching Add a feature

29 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 Searching Local Search Non-Indexing search Portable Add a feature

27 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 Searching Persistent Linux Add a feature

12 Like
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...

Freemium $ $ $ Windows
File Searching Portable Add a feature

19 Like
PowerGREP

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 Searching Portable Support for regular expressions Search and replace Add a feature

20 Like
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...
- Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks
Free Personal Windows
File Searching Local Search Add a feature

35 Like