Rummage Alternatives

Rummage is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to Rummage for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Rummage alternative is grepWin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rummage are AstroGrep, dnGREP, grep and FAR - Find And Replace.

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Rummage alternatives are mainly File Search Utilities but may also be Duplicate File Finders or Text Editors.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Rummage.
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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...

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Rummage 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 iconRummage Icon

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    • grepWin is the most popular Windows alternative to Rummage.

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

    • grepWin is Free and Open SourceRummage is also Free and Open Source
    • grepWin is LightweightRummage 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
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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 iconRummage 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 iconRummage Icon

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

    • grep is Free and Open SourceRummage is also Free and Open Source
  5. FAR - Find And Replace icon
     7 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
    Find

    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 iconRummage Icon

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  6. The Silver Searcher icon
     14 likes

    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.

    19 The Silver Searcher alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Code Search
    3.  Support for regular expressions
    The Silver Searcher iconRummage 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 iconRummage Icon

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    • PowerGREP is the most popular commercial alternative to Rummage.

    • PowerGREP is Paid and ProprietaryRummage is Free and Open Source
  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 iconRummage Icon

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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 iconRummage Icon

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

    • Find in Files is Free and ProprietaryRummage is Free and Open Source
  10. 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 iconRummage Icon

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  11. 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 iconRummage Icon

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  12. UltraFinder icon
     2 likes

    UltraFinder is your personal search engine for your PC, network, and remote servers!

    30 UltraFinder alternatives
    UltraFinder screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    UltraFinder Features

    1.  Support for FTP
    UltraFinder iconRummage Icon

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