Rummage AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Search Utilities

The best File Search alternative to Rummage is grepWin, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Rummage and 15 are File Search Utilities so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Search Utility alternatives to Rummage are AstroGrep, dnGREP, grep and FAR - Find And Replace.

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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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    grepWin

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    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.

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    Context menu.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Main windows.

    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
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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
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    AstroGrep

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Options window
    About window

    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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  4. dnGREP icon
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    dnGREP

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Options
    Shell Inetgration
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    dnGREP screenshot 3

    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
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    Advanced Find and Replace

    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 excell...

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    grep

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku

    grep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
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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
  7. FAR - Find And Replace icon
    FAR - Find And Replace icon

    FAR - Find And Replace

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Replace
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    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
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  8. The Silver Searcher icon
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    The Silver Searcher

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Code Search
    3.  Support for regular expressions
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  10. PowerGREP icon
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    PowerGREP

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    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
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    • PowerGREP is the most popular commercial alternative to Rummage.

    • PowerGREP is Paid and ProprietaryRummage is Free and Open Source
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    Advanced Find and Replace icon

    Advanced Find and Replace

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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
    Replace operation
    Batch Replace operation
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    Options dialog
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  12. UltraFinder icon
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    UltraFinder

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    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
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  13. Replace Text icon
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    Replace Text

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

    37 Replace Text alternatives
    Replace Text screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Replace Text Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
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    Discontinued

    Official website is broken, no access to app.

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    EasyGrep

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    EasyGrep is an easy to use Windows grep software which allows you to search within files on your computer. Supports text based searches as well as regex searches. Supports Notepad++.

    74 EasyGrep alternatives
    EasyGrep screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EasyGrep Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Content Searching
    3.  Search-in-files
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    DeskRule

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    Wherever you have files DeskRule can locate them. Search your hard disk, but also in mobile phones and cameras, zipfolders, FTP, OneDrive and all the other virtual shell folders.

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    DeskRule screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DeskRule screenshot 1
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    DeskRule screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Full-Text Search
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Built-in viewer
    6.  Search-in-files
    7.  Support for regular expressions
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