Replace Text AlternativesFile Search Utilities and other similar apps like Replace Text

Replace Text is described as 'Formerly called BK ReplaceEm, is the free string-replacing utility for Windows' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Replace Text for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and PortableApps.com apps. The best Replace Text alternative is grepWin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Replace Text are AstroGrep, dnGREP, grep and Find and Replace (FNR).

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Replace Text, formerly called BK ReplaceEm, is the free string-replacing utility for Windows.

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Replace Text alternatives page was last updated Sep 18, 2023
  1. grepWin icon
     74 likes

    grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for strings of text within files. grepWin adds an entry to the shell context menu to easily search selected folders.

    33 grepWin alternatives
    Context menu.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Chocolatey

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    6.  External editor support
    7.  Command Line Options
    grepWin iconReplace Text Icon

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    • grepWin is the most popular Windows alternative to Replace Text.

    • grepWin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Replace Text.

    • grepWin is Free and Open SourceReplace Text is Free and Proprietary
    • grepWin is LightweightReplace Text is not according to our users
  2. AstroGrep icon
     33 likes

    AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice for looking at source code.

    38 AstroGrep alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Portable
    4.  Graphical User Interface
    5.  Support for regular expressions
    AstroGrep iconReplace Text Icon

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  3. dnGREP icon
     41 likes

    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File...

    56 dnGREP alternatives
    Main Screen

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Search and Replace
    4.  Support for regular expressions
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Full-Text Search
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No registration required
    dnGREP iconReplace Text Icon

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  4. grep icon
     35 likes

    grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.

    41 grep alternatives
    grep screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    grep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    grep iconReplace Text Icon

    grep VS Replace Text

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    • grep is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Replace Text.

    • grep is Free and Open SourceReplace Text is Free and Proprietary
  5. Find and Replace (FNR) icon
     8 likes

    Find and Replace (FNR) is an open source tool to find and replace text in multiple files.

    22 Find and Replace (FNR) alternatives
    Find and Replace (FNR) screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Find and Replace (FNR) Features

    1.  Search and Replace
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    Find and Replace (FNR) iconReplace Text Icon

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  6. FAR - Find And Replace icon
     8 likes

    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.

    31 FAR - Find And Replace alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Multiple files
    4.  Search and Replace
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Batch Rename Files
    7.  Batch Editing
    8.  Portable
    9.  MP3 / ID3 Renaming
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Built-in viewer
    12.  Support for regular expressions
    FAR - Find And Replace iconReplace Text Icon

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  7. PowerGREP icon
     22 likes

    PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.

    80 PowerGREP alternatives
    PowerGREP screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PowerGREP Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for regular expressions
    3.  Search and Replace
    PowerGREP iconReplace Text Icon

    PowerGREP VS Replace Text

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    • PowerGREP is the most popular commercial alternative to Replace Text.

    • PowerGREP is Paid and ProprietaryReplace Text is Free and Proprietary
  8. Advanced Find and Replace icon
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    Search files with smart queries as with Google, replace simple or multiline text in multiple files. The batch replace operation easily updates hundreds of different links in several files. Extremely fast, easy to use, with excellent help.

    40 Advanced Find and Replace alternatives
    Find operation

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Advanced Find and Replace Features

    1.  Search and Replace
    Advanced Find and Replace iconReplace Text Icon

    Advanced Find and Replace VS Replace Text

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  9. Find in Files icon
     3 likes

    Full-text for files online. Instant find text in files. Search word in pdf, txt, csv, json, html, ...

    111 Find in Files alternatives
    Find in Files screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online

    Find in Files Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    Find in Files iconReplace Text Icon

    Find in Files VS Replace Text

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    • Find in Files is the most popular Web-based alternative to Replace Text.

    • Find in Files is Free and ProprietaryReplace Text is also Free and Proprietary
  10. Text Replacer icon
     2 likes

    Text Replacer allows performing mass replacement of multiple occurrences of text in selected files or folders.

    4 Text Replacer alternatives
    Text Replacer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Text Replacer Features

    1.  Multiple files
    2.  Multiple folders
    3.  Search in folders
    4.  Search-in-files
    5.  Replace expressions
    6.  Search and Replace
    Text Replacer iconReplace Text Icon

    Text Replacer VS Replace Text

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  11. regexxer icon
     8 likes

    regexxer is a nifty GUI search/replace tool featuring Perl-style regular expressions. If you need project-wide substitution and you’re tired of hacking sed command lines together, then you should definitely give it a try.

    28 regexxer alternatives
    regexxer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    regexxer Features

    1.  Search and Replace
    regexxer iconReplace Text Icon

    regexxer VS Replace Text

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  12. SeaGOAT icon
     1 like

    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.

    39 SeaGOAT alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    SeaGOAT Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    2.  Code Search
    SeaGOAT iconReplace Text Icon

    SeaGOAT VS Replace Text

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