Search Text In Files Alternatives

Apps similar to Search Text In Files include Everything, which is free. Other options are FSearch, Listary, DocFetcher and Agent Ransack. File Search Utilities like Search Text In Files are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. dtsearch icon

    dtsearch

     9 likes

    dtSearch - The Smart Choice for Text Retrieval since 1991.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Web setup
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  2. ANGRYsearch icon

    ANGRYsearch

     10 likes

    Instant file search, showing results as you type.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    ANGRYsearch screenshot 1
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  4. Lookeen Desktop Search icon

    Lookeen Desktop Search

     84 likes

    Indexed search tool enabling file and email discovery across local, shared, and network paths. Supports Office, PDF, and web formats. Outlook integration with preview windows and search result highlights. Features include filters, customizable indexing, and enterprise support.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Outlook
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    • European Union flagEU
    Lookeen Desktop Search screenshot 1
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    Copernic Desktop Search icon
    Copernic Desktop Search

    Indexes and quickly searches over 170 file types and emails, including attachments and multimedia files, on desktops, external and network drives, as well as cloud environments, offering sub-second results and a 75,000 file index...

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  6. Find Any File icon

    Find Any File

     17 likes

    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:

    88 Find Any File alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    Main Search Window
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  7. Hookmark icon

    Hookmark

     3 likes

    Instantly link and access files, emails, web pages, notes and tasks using contextual bookmarks, with robust, shareable links, bidirectional notes, deep linking within PDFs, Markdown support, URL clean-up, and all bookmarks stored privately on your Mac.

    65 Hookmark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • CA flagCanada
    Hookmark screenshot 1
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  9. FileSearchy icon

    FileSearchy

     37 likes

    File search utility that provides instant search by file name, and powerful search by file contents, size and date. Supports search inside PDF, Microsoft Office and other documents. Highlights found text in file names and contents. Clean and intuitive multi-tabbed user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    FileSearchy screenshot 1
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  10. M

    mlocate

     10 likes

    Indexes filesystems allowing you to search for files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. Indexer++ icon

    Indexer++

     13 likes

    Indexer++ is probably the best open-source desktop files and folders search utility for Windows.

    31 Indexer++ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    General View
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  12. KFind icon

    KFind

     6 likes

    KFind can be used as a standalone search tool, launched by KRunner or from your menu. It is also integrated into Konqueror as "Find File" in the "Tools" menu. It allows you to find files by name, type or content.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    KFind screenshot 1
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  13. fzy icon

    fzy

     4 likes

    fzy is a fast, simple fuzzy text selector for the terminal with an advanced scoring algorithm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Vim
    fzy screenshot 1
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  14. AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch icon

    AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch

     5 likes

    AIKIN is a powerful new desktop search that can find item names and content using advanced pattern recognition and semantic awareness, that doesn't require the user to always know exactly how something was named or written.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    AIKIN Desktop HyperSearch screenshot 1
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  15. VX Search icon

    VX Search

     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
    Main interface
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