What are the best Recoll alternatives in 2021?

    Recoll is described as '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' and is an app in the File Management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Recoll for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Xfce and Android. The best alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Recoll are DocFetcher (Free, Open Source), RecentX (Paid), Catfish (Free, Open Source) and Search Monkey (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Aug 1, 2021
    1. "Everything" is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows.
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      renArD Everything Search doesn't look the file contents
      Negative comment • over 2 years ago

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    2. 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.
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      DocFetcher vs Recoll opinions
      Almost everyone thinks DocFetcher is a great alternative to Recoll.
      Comparatively trivial to install.
      Positive comment • 10 months ago

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      softph Similar program as recoll. Plus: Includes a realtime indexer and free executable on windows. Minus: much slower for large datasets, less configurable.
      Positive comment • 11 months ago

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      Doesn't search WITHIN documents.
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

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    4. RecentX is an innovative launcher that gives you instant access to your files, folders, programs, websites & clipboard history. It automatically remembers your favorite & recent items so that you can launch them even faster.
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    5. GTK+ desktop search frontend.
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    6. A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.
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    8. 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.
    9. This tool enables users to search their NTFS formatted harddrives within seconds. It uses the MFT (master file table) of NTFS to search for files very fast.
    10. Full-text morphological search among documents and e-books of dozens of file types, including text in archives and disk images; on the your desktop, LAN, clouds (WebDAV) and removable drives.
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    11. 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 other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

      Discontinued

      The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.43, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from Majorgeeks

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    12. 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 "Everything"). Searching can be done by name, date, size, location etc.

      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.

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