PowerGREP Alternatives for Mac

PowerGREP is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is DocFetcher, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PowerGREP and 11 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to PowerGREP are grep, The Silver Searcher, FAR - Find And Replace and Find Any File.

PowerGREP alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be File Managers or Duplicate File Finders. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PowerGREP.

PowerGREP

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File Search Utility

PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including...

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DocFetcher
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
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110 DocFetcher alternatives
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 Google for your local document repository.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to PowerGREP.
- - DocFetcher is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PowerGREP.
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DocFetcher Features
1. Full-Text SearchDocFetcher lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
2. PortableDocFetcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Built-in viewerDocFetcher shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
4. Shared FoldersDocFetcher supports shared folders that can be used to store, search, and access files with multiple people.
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File content indexing
Indexed search
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DocFetcher does not support regular expressions (regex) for text search
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grep
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Mac
Windows
Linux
Haiku
39 grep alternatives
grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.
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grep Features
Support for regular expressions
The Silver Searcher
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Free • Open Source
File Search Utility
Mac
Linux
BSD
19 The Silver Searcher alternatives
Silver Searcher is a code search tool similar to ack that claims to be much faster. It's implemented in C and has some extra features such as ignoring files per .hignore, .gitignore contents.
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The Silver Searcher Features
1. Command line interfaceThe Silver Searcher either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. LightweightThe Silver Searcher consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Code Search
Support for regular expressions
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FAR - Find And Replace
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
31 FAR - Find And Replace alternatives
FAR is a simple tool for search and replace operations over multiple files. You can apply ordinary "word by word" replacement, or choose to use fully featured regular expressions.
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FAR - Find And Replace Features
1. Works OfflineFAR - Find And Replace can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Ad-freeFAR - Find And Replace doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Multiple files
Search and Replace
Support for regular expressions
Find Any File
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Paid • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Mac
77 Find Any File alternatives
Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though). As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:
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Find Any File Features
Search and Replace
TextSeek
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Paid • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Mac
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Linux
94 TextSeek alternatives
TextSeek is a professional full-text desktop search tool. Unlike the filename search tool like Everything and Listary, TextSeek can search filename and file content easily and quickly. It supports PDF, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, RTF and other formats.
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TextSeek Features
1. PortableTextSeek can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Full-Text SearchTextSeek lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in TextSeek without registration.
4. LightweightTextSeek consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
5. Privacy focusedTextSeek is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
6. Ad-freeTextSeek doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
7. No TrackingTextSeek will not track you or use your personal data.
In-document search
SeaGOAT
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Mac
Linux
39 SeaGOAT alternatives
SeaGOAT is an "AI-based" code search engine that you can run on your local computer, or you can run it on your server as a REST API. It can be considered an alternative to grep.
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SeaGOAT Features
Support for regular expressions
Code Search
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Scherlokk
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Paid • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Mac
145 Scherlokk alternatives
Scherlokk is a lightning fast file search utility build for precise and reliable search of every file which meets the search criteria. Music, pictures, bookmarks, documents, etc can be found quickly and easily.
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Scherlokk Features
1. Full-Text SearchScherlokk lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
2. LightweightScherlokk consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Dark ModeScherlokk supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
4. Ad-freeScherlokk doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. PortableScherlokk can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Rummage
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
26 Rummage alternatives
Rummage is a cross platform tool for crawling directories and searching and replacing in text files. It is written in Python and uses wxPython for the GUI. Rummage allows for literal or regex searches and has configurations for limiting the files etc.
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Rummage Features
Support for regular expressions
Search and Replace
Search and Replace
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Paid • Proprietary
File Search Utility
Mac
12 Search and Replace alternatives
Don't worry about those many files where you have to change a few things! There's no need to open every single file and edit them manually, Search and Replace does it all for you!
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Search and Replace Features
Support for regular expressions
Search and Replace
Multiple files
String Replacer
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
9 String Replacer alternatives
String Replacer for Mac allows to find and replace a list of strings inside files and folders directly or in batch mode. It allows to operate on multiple files using a multiple string couple replacement list. It works with just a single click or using drag and drop.
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String Replacer Features
Search and Replace