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.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- File Search
- Indexed search
- File content indexing
- Full-Text Search
- File preview
- Search-in-files
- Dark Mode
- Semantic Search
- Portable
- Built-in viewer
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Command line interface
- OCR
- No Tracking
- Low memory usage
Tags
- desktop-search
- unix
- boolean-function
- text-search
- find-in-files
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Recent activities
- brickelt963-altto reviewed Recoll
Nothing to say, it has a simple design. It fulfils its functions perfectly, but adding OCR to its capabilities is simply disastrous. It's not easy for novices to have to go through the configuration files... And even then, you have to know what to add from the multitude of parameters/modules detailed on the website. If there were a section on the graphical interface to allow you to do this, it would be great because the tool is very powerful ^^
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What is 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.
A small fee is required for downloading and using the Windows binary version.
Recoll finds keywords inside documents as well as file names.
It can search most document formats. It can reach any storage place: files, archive members, email attachments, transparently handling decompression. One click will open the document inside a native editor or display an even quicker text preview.
Features:
- Qt-based GUI
- Will run on most Unix-based systems, Windows and Mac OS, available through repositories.
- Does not ever connect outside: your data stays at home.
- Powerful query facilities, with boolean searches, phrases, proximity, wildcards, filter on file types and directory tree.
- Supports all common document types, including compressed files and archives:
- Text, HTML, CHM help files.
- Open/LibreOffice, MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Apple Office documents, RTF, Abiword, WordPerfect, HWP Scribus.
- Epub, Mobi, Fb2.
- E-Mail (Mozilla, IceDove, etc.), Outlook PST files. Processes messages attachments.
- PDF, Postscript.
- SVG, audio and image file tags.
- etc.
- Multi-language and multi-character set with Unicode based internals.
- Stemming performed at query time (can switch stemming language after indexing)
- Easy installation.
- Indexing can happen in real time or in batch, at scheduled times.
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Recoll information
Developed by
Jean-Francois Dockes Licensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $5.Rating
Average rating of 4.2Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
I use Recoll since the version based upon the version 3 of Qt toolkit. Recoll has a lightweight GUI and uses a very powerful engine (that may be memory hungry, but just when updating the database), being able to index a lot of formats. The database can grow up and reach some gigabytes in size, but the queries are fast.
Pros:
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[Edited by caiocco, April 30]
Not free on window. Force donate to access download.
The executable is not free. The source is available under an open source license. Someone else could compile it I guess and distribute it.
Nothing to say, it has a simple design. It fulfils its functions perfectly, but adding OCR to its capabilities is simply disastrous. It's not easy for novices to have to go through the configuration files... And even then, you have to know what to add from the multitude of parameters/modules detailed on the website. If there were a section on the graphical interface to allow you to do this, it would be great because the tool is very powerful ^^
Superior to every other text-search alternative. It's fast, flexible, allows for complex searches, has plenty of configuration options to fit every need or fancy. Author support is swift when one needs it. Windows version requires a modest, mostly symbolic fee.
I dont find were, but here it's said it's "Paid"... so, maybe one day, I will be stop on my flow
Good idea, nice description in their site, open source, but doesn suit for me as an alternative for Everything
Recoll is and was my first go to app for indexing pdf files on Ubuntu. It works so well; especially the preview and the ease of adding directories or maps. I also bought the Windows version. After so many uses and it usefulness; no problem. The database is best place in a directory that accommodates it growth when needed. It can also index media, usb and other disks.