Search GT Alternatives

Search GT is described as 'Fully integrated with Windows Explorer, Search GT is a light and fast replacement for Windows built-in file search engine that parses the MFT instead of indexing files in the background. This results in a negligible footprint on system performance and in always up-to-date search' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Search GT for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and File Explorer apps. The best Search GT alternative is Everything, which is free. Other great apps like Search GT are DocFetcher, Recoll, Agent Ransack and SearchMyFiles.

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

Search GT

File Search Utility
Paid • Proprietary

Fully integrated with Windows Explorer, Search GT is a light and fast replacement for Windows built-in file search engine that parses the MFT instead of indexing files in the background. This results in a negligible...

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Search GT alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022

PowerGREP
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.
79 PowerGREP alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
PowerGREP Features
Portable
Support for regular expressions
Search and Replace
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PowerGREP VS Search GT
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Index Your Files
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.
77 Index Your Files alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Wine
Index Your Files Features
Portable
Network Scanner
Indexed search
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Index Your Files VS Search GT
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Find Any File
Find Any File searches your local disks for files by name, creation or modification date, size, or type and creator code (not by content, though). As there are other tools with a similar search operation, here are the special features unique to Find Any File:
79 Find Any File alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Mac
Find Any File Features
Search and Replace
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Copernic Desktop Search
Instantly find documents, e-mails(full text), attachments, videos, pictures, music(metadata), and other types of files(file names). The size limit of the index of the free version is 75,000.

https://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/
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VX Search
VX Search is an automated, rule-based file search solution allowing one to search files by the file type, category, file name, size, location, extension, regular expressions, text and binary patterns, creation, modification and last access dates, EXIF tags, etc.
70 VX Search alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
VX Search Features
Full-Text Search
Rule based
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BareGrep
A free file finding and text searching tool:

Regular expression text search

High performance search algorithm

Wildcard and regular expression file search

Recursive directory search

Save, name and manage text search patterns

Interactive, incremental search

Ext.
73 BareGrep alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
BareGrep Features
Support for regular expressions
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Tracker
Tracker is a search engine and that allows the user to find their data as fast as possible. Users can search for their files and search for content in their files too.
38 Tracker alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Xfce
Tracker VS Search GT
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Beagle
Beagle is a search tool that ransacks your personal information space to find whatever youre looking for.
53 Beagle alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Linux
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.3.9, released on January 2009, can be still downloaded from Gnome repositories
Beagle VS Search GT
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XSearch
XSearch is a free search tool that with more features that Windows Search didn't provided. It can search files on your computer in high speed. When searching for special words in files, you can specify the words option such as "Any of the words", "All of the...
71 XSearch alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
XSearch Features
Non-Indexing search
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XSearch VS Search GT
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InSight Desktop Search
"InSight Desktop Search" is a search engine that keeps track of all the files in your system and makes sure that you can access your files/folders easily and quickly. It is more than just a search engine, it’s also a music jukebox,that features ability to search for...
60 InSight Desktop Search alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
InSight Desktop Search VS Search GT
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Effective File Search
Effective File Search (EFS) is a powerful but easy to use search tool. Search any files on your computer or local network with this effective software. EFS is a real replacement for the Windows Search utility. You can save a lot of time with this excellent file search tool.
63 Effective File Search alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
Effective File Search VS Search GT
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Ultra File Search
Ultra File Search is a portable non-indexing Search Utility which is able to find quickly Files, Folders and Text on your Local, Network, DVD, CD-ROM, USB Hard or Flash Drives.
75 Ultra File Search alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- File Search Utility
- File Manager
Platforms
- Windows
Ultra File Search Features
Portable
Non-Indexing search
Network Scanner
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Ultra File Search VS Search GT
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SMF – Search my Files
SMF is a file and file duplicate search tool that uses hashing (MD5, CRC32 or SHA1) to determine similarity. It has tons of search filter capabilities and a result reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.
64 SMF – Search my Files alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- File Search Utility
Platforms
- Windows
SMF – Search my Files Features
Portable
Indexed search
Network Scanner
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